Trending MTB Products This Month! Top 5 (Ep 9.23) [Video]

Fall is upon is, and so are the Trending Mountain Bike Products of September 2023. With the changing of seasons comes some great products from brands like Fox, RockShox, e*thirteen, Cane Creek, SRAM, KETL Mountain & Trail One. Tune in!

SRAM Code Disc Brake Pads - Sintered Compound

These particular SRAM Code Disc Brake Pads are crafted with a sintered compound that is specifically designed for high-performance braking in various conditions. Sintered pads are known for their longevity and ability to provide consistent braking power, especially in wet and muddy conditions. These pads are optimal for riders who put their brakes through rigorous use and need the assurance of a durable and efficient braking solution. The robust construction ensures decreased wear over time, making it a popular choice for those tackling challenging terrains.

e*thirteen Helix Race Cassette - 12 speed, 9-50t

The e*thirteen Helix Race Cassette is a top-tier mountain bike cassette featuring a 12-speed gear range that extends from a 9-tooth small cog to a massive 50-tooth large cog. This wide range provides riders with the versatility to tackle steep climbs and fast descents with ease. Crafted for optimum performance, it ensures smooth shifting and is compatible with most modern drivetrains. Its unique design combines durability with light weight, ensuring long-lasting performance without compromise. Coming in at a lower price and lighter weight than it's comparable SRAM and Shimano competitors, it makes sense why this cassette has been trending lately.

Fox Mudguard XL Fork Fender - 36/38

Fox's Mudguard XL Fork Fender is specifically designed to bolt on to the 36 and 38 series of Fox forks. This XL version of Fox's mudguard shields the rider from water, mud, and debris thrown up by the front wheel and its larger size offers enhanced coverage over the standard fender. If you've ever ridden in nasty conditions without a front fender, you've surely wished that you had one. Made from durable materials, this fender promises longevity and reliability, enhancing the rider's experience in adverse conditions.

Fox Fork Topcap Socket - 32mm

An indispensable tool for bicycle maintenance enthusiasts and professional mechanics alike, the Fox Fork Topcap Socket is designed to fit precisely onto the top cap of Fox suspension forks. This specialized socket ensures safe and easy removal of the fork's top cap without causing damage, making it essential for those looking to service or modify their suspension setup. If you are looking to change your volume spacers without the assistance of your local bike shop and without stripping the nut head on your top cap, this tool is a must have in your toolbox. 

Cane Creek eeWings Mountain Titanium Crankset

The Cane Creek eeWings Mountain Titanium Crankset is the epitome of strength combined with featherweight properties. Constructed of titanium, this crankset offers unparalleled strength and durability ensuring it can withstand the most demanding terrains in a wide range of applications. Its unique design not only enhances performance but also sheds unnecessary weight, making it a top choice for riders seeking efficiency and power transfer on their bikes.

RockShox SID Ultimate Race Day 2 Suspension Fork

RockShox has come out swinging with their revised SID Ultimate Race Day 2 Suspension Fork, designed for riders seeking top-tier performance. This fork promises impeccable responsiveness, ensuring optimal handling during aggressive rides. Its lightweight, updated chassis paired with advanced damping capabilities (thanks to a revised Race Day Damper) offers riders an edge while providing superior shock absorption and terrain adaptability. Ideal for cross-country and downcountry bikes, this fork stands as a testament to RockShox's dedication to innovation and performance.

Trail One Components Stems

We know that not all riders are after the same things when it comes to their stems and cockpits. That's why Trail One has multiple offerings when it comes to the stem department: The Viking stem, the Slickrock stem & the Rockville stem. Each one of these stems comes in at a different price point and level of detail. Looking for a stem that still has good looks and a great price point? Or how about a stem that blends high quality with good looks and a durable build? Perhaps you're after the California made Rockville stem that spares no expense when it comes to machining and details? Whatever you decide, know that with your purchase you have supported trail networks everywhere and you can remember that awesome story every time you look down at your stem. 

KETL Mountain Tomfoolery Pants

Sometimes you just can't decide what to wear for the occasion. Thankfully, our Tomfoolery pants are so damn versatile you can wear them for everything from a bike park day to a wedding. Not only will you look good doing either of those things in these pantaloons, you will also be quite comfortable in the process. Featuring a lightweight, stretchy fabric and multiple zipper pockets, you will surely be after another pair once you try these on for size.

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 Jeff what are you doing are you playing
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with yourself again
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well actually
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I guess you could say I'm playing with
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myself
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we're supposed to be filming trending
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products for September 2023
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September 2023 what mountain bikers are
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buying and what's awesome in the
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mountain bike world right now but before
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we start please drop a comment let us
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know what you bought for your mountain
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bike this month and at the end of the
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video we're going to tell you what we
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bought yeah our bikes or maybe just
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something else that we bought that we
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like yeah
SRAM Code Disc Brake Pads
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product number one Numero Uno SRAM code
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disc brake pads the centered compound
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SRAM code breaks are four piston super
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powerful the most powerful brakes SRAM
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makes
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I have them on my Enduro bike so does
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Jared so does Liam we all rode those
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exact brakes while we were out in Italy
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on this epic mountain bike trip that we
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took with all Mountain ride that was
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amazing and a ton of fun and our brakes
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worked perfectly and we all used those
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brake pads if you want to hear more
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about our amazing trip feel free to tune
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in to the latest episode of the MTV
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podcast episode 120 and speaking of
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breaks speaking of brakes a pair of
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brakes that should end up in these
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videos but they're so inconsistently in
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stock they're just not quite making
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their way to this videos yet trp DHR
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evos if you're looking for brakes it's
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Ram code RC trp those are two ones that
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you should highly consider if you want
e*thirteen Helix Race Cassette
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powerful good brakes the next product
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the e13 Helix cassette this actually has
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potentially one of the widest gear
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ranges of any cassette in the world at a
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500 and
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556 556
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56. you wanna know how they do that I'll
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let you know they have a nine tooth Cog
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which seems to be proprietary uh no no
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there's some other brands that have that
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you an idiot sandwich for whatever
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reason SRAM sort of refuses to make a
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nine tooth smallest Cog there's probably
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some legitimate reason I.E maybe it puts
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a little too much strain on the Chain if
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you're in that Cog pedaling as hard as
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you possibly can and you're a World Cup
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level XC racer but if you're the common
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man A lot of people are getting away
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with 923 cogs myself included I have a
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Leonardo cassette on my bike right now
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that's a 9-48 that is nine to fifty
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right yep 950.50 556 range the SRAM
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Eagle cassette that's 10 to 52 is a 520
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range so this has a smaller large Cog by
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two teeth a smaller small Cog by one
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tooth and considerably more gear range
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than a SRAM Eagle cassette you want more
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range
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very interesting yeah they claim you can
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downsize your chainring because you're
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getting increased top end with the nine
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tooth cut strain on the Chain whatever
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you want to say seems like probably not
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going to be a problem probably not going
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to be I had an e13 not that exact model
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but I think it was the TRS Plus or
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something on my rigid mountain bike that
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I rode for over two and a half years and
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it was Flawless e13 cassettes would be
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good we mentioned that there was some
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pros and cons to them historically there
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was a couple Kinks to work out with them
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but as of late they're pretty dialed in
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and people love those things which is
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why that's a top selling cassette and
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does make a lot of logical sense if you
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want that huge range it's also
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lightweight it is light it is a light
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cassette for you know bang for your butt
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either team's doing a good job with that
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stuff yeah that's why I had that on my
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rigid mountain bike I.E gravel bike it
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was sweet next product we've got the fox
FOX Mudguard XL Fork Fender
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XL Fender extra long for 36 and 38 Forks
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do you think the XL means extra long
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you never know it's extra long and it's
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extra large yeah extra long extra large
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enough it's extra long in the front and
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the back it is
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increase coverage for mud and dog poo
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and other various objects that come on
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your tire and fling off and hit you in
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the face or come off the front side I
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think people like this more because of
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the looks than they do because of the
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actual necessity of it you know it's
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hard for us to say because we don't
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really live in a place that really we
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don't ride it much necessitates the use
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of it the more mud you ride the more
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this does make sense yeah and but if you
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ride in Dusty stuff and you have a brand
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new tire it does throw off a lot of
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little bubbles that you're facing
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there's a face
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stuff so it really does that's a good
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excuse for the SoCal Desert Arizona
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people to have a big extra long Fender
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extra long Fender and speaking of fox
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this brings us to our next product
FOX Fork Topcap Socket
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the top cap socket 32 millimeter version
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but this is for 36 forks and why would
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you want such a thing you might ask
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me why do you want that to add or remove
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volume spacers to your fork what a great
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question in order to remove that you're
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gonna want a nice flush 32 mil socket
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and uh you know your standard hardware
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store one might not be flush so you
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might be definitely isn't flush you
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might be stripping off probably not a
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high quality piece of aluminum the one
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from the hardware store yeah yeah but
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this is
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that top cap that you have to unthread
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out of your fork in order to insert the
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volume spacers is a pretty soft aluminum
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and it's really easy to Mar and or strip
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and screw up so you really really need
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the correct socket to take that thing
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off and the correct socket is
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manufactured by Fox which is perfectly
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fit and the flushness is what really
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matters there because that way you have
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full contact on the very shallow nut
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head yes the nut head
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that's what she said
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which brings us to our next product I
Cane Creek eeWings
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don't know if I've ever seen such a
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beautifully made pair of cranks
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they are beautifully made these are the
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King Creek Ewings titanium cranks is it
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e wings or e-wings or e-wings
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I think it's that e Wings titanium
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they're made in the US aren't they
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these might be the lightest and stiffest
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cranks you can get your hands on for a
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mountain bike also the most expensive
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basically some of the bougiest high-end
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premium level mountain bike cranks out
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there
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um so if you have carbon cranks or
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basically you name it whatever you have
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on your bike this would be an incredible
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bougie Boutique upgrade for you very um
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they've been around for a little while
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and people enjoy them and they've made a
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couple small revisions to them over the
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years just look at the Quality
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extremely high quality it's just so nice
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so nice everything is super nice this is
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a piece of jewelry that even a
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non-cyclist non-mountain biker would put
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in their hand and they'd see these welds
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they'd see this brushed titanium look
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incredible and you go wow and look at
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that look at that wow wow all for the
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price of an iPhone 15 Pro and also
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titanium remarkable that you're familiar
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with that price you know I thought about
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the other day a hundred thousand dollar
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car is the same as a hundred iPhones
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doesn't it seem like a car a hundred
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thousand dollars would be a lot more
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significant than just 100 iPhones on a
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table never thought about it like that
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yeah that is absolutely incredible you
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know what else is incredible Jeff our
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next product the RockShox Sid ultimate
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ultimate race day race day so rockshock
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just released some new Sid stuff fork
RockShox SID Ultimate
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and rear shock a revision to the
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existing stuff incredible cross-country
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and or light travel down country bike
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some might say
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um 100 Mil travel 120 mil travel 35 mil
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stanchions unbelievably light they
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shaved even more material off it to make
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it even lighter and stiffer and fancier
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compatible with torque caps which is a
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hubs and cap system that you can use on
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Rock shock Forks to get more contact
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surface area for the Hub to the actual
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lowers of the fork making the whole
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front end stiffer which I'm actually a
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believer in and I think it does work
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good and I really like that they knocked
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out a park with the Sid stuff so I
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really need to upgrade to that yeah you
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do although my existing sit stuff is
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really nice so yeah it's hard to get me
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to it's kind of splitting here to spend
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two iPhones worth of money on new
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suspension everything is going to be an
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iPhone
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two iPhones this is it's got to be 1.5
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iPhones
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but if you are in the market for
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suspension for your XC bike or your
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light travel trail bike 120 mil 100
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travel definitely take a look at the new
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Sid stuff it is pretty incredible and
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super well done I've been riding the
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past generation Sid stuff on my Revel
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Ranger and I absolutely love it I think
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that when the original Sid stuff came
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out when was that like a handful of
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years ago maybe it kind of really
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changed the way that these 120 mil
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travel trail bikes road because they
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just rode so much more like longer
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travel bikes and how plush and
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Progressive and nice the suspension
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worked and felt and that made a huge
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difference in my mind of that whole
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category of bike just worked better
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because the suspension was just way more
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dialed in couldn't have put it better
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myself as you like to say least but not
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last least but not last we would like to
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shamelessly plug the apparel brand that
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we own because we make some really good
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mountain bike pieces but we also are
KETL Tomfoolery Pants
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trying to make really good Adventure
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travel wear that we ourselves use and
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enjoy our top selling product tomfoolery
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pants we just design them around travel
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two zipper pockets on the front one on
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the back button pocket on there internal
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waistband for a TSA friendly little
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grippers here so your butt crack doesn't
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show unbelievably stretchy and nice well
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we even have this big old gusset here so
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it doesn't squash your balls when you're
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sitting down we just really dialed in a
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good pair of pants we would appreciate
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if you would check it out because we're
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actually making some really good
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progress with Kettle and it's good fun
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it's a good fun project for us that
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people have been enjoying especially us
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and you know you can just you can wear
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these anywhere you want you wear them to
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the bike park you could wear them to a
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wedding I literally wore those on a 50
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mile hike and the weekend after I wore
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them to a wedding and and I mean pretty
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versatile that's can you get any more
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versatile than that I don't think you
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can and actually at least but not last
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actually I would like to mention uh
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Trail one components that's a brand that
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we are invested in that we help design
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all of the stuff with an amazing highly
Trail One Stems
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qualified engineer we've created a
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really good stem lineup that goes all
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the way from forty five dollars the the
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Slick Rock stem to seventy dollars the
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Viking stem and 135 dollars a USA made
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cnc'd ultralight fancy bougie stem all
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of these things are dialed in and I
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think you'd really appreciate this stem
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lineup at any price point that's it for
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that also couldn't have put it better
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myself please leave a comment let us
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know what you bought for your mountain
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bike this month we appreciate you guys
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and we will see you next time but wait
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whatever our best purchases of the month
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oh I forgot about that see it's just you
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gotta you can't jump the gun we gotta do
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this that's right what'd you get
Best Purchases of the Month
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um you know I think my best purchase of
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the month was actually my oosui pack oh
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yeah that is sweet I love that pack
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um actually doesn't move around super
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easy too I really enjoy those packs that
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whole concept of that system they
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designed and how they place it in the
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elastic sort of straps yeah they
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definitely work it's a parachute really
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well designed
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yeah whatever you call it clamps clip
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clamp clasps yep it is good I really
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like it what's yours what's your best
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purchase of them well when I was in
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Italy I bought a boat wow check it out