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I’ve kept it as a mullet, definitely like the mullet setup so won’t be changing back to 27.5”. You won’t regret it!

​@@TrailVaultMTBthanks dude

Thanks Nick, will have to tee up a morning ride sometime!

@@OldFartsMountainBiking-wu2fo thanks 🙏 Shot on GoPro 12, 4K 60fps with max stabilisation. Chin mount for POV.

@@TrailVaultMTB awesome, thanks for the settings. How do you avoid hearing your breathing, or are you just heaps fitter than me :)

@@OldFartsMountainBiking-wu2fo can confirm I’m breathing hard! never had any issues picking up that sound though , could be the camera?? Not sure!

I normally run with a chest mount. I will try the chin guard mount next, cheers 🍻

I did not put a link in which is why I specifically wanted a triple crown fork to keep the geometry as close to stock as possible. You won’t notice the difference in handling as long as you pay attention to fork offset/axle to crown. Just run the highest offset you can and keep the travel at stock or 10mm below and you’ll be fine.

@@TrailVaultMTB thank you!

Cheers mate!

Thanks mate! Using a GoPro hero 12.

Short and sweet but all the trails at Uki are well built and good fun!

Thanks mate🙏. Yeah interesting you thought the same. It felt faster too. I think maybe because you can go faster in the sketchier spots on analogue it is faster there but e-bikes make up easy time out of corners so end up faster overall, maybe? 🤷‍♂️.

Thanks! Not sure who Steve is but I’m a fan :). Trail is epic, super fast and Flowy, pump or jump!

@@TrailVaultMTB Bro! I love Steve, who ever he is 😂 Well ridden trail mate. Killed it!

A lines are spicy for sure, and faster. Unfortunately this was in the wet and was pretty slick so stuck to the safe lines :)

Specialized Kenevo!

This was a blind lap and was clearly not looking ahead! Was a close one. Cheers.

Thanks!

How do you find that method to work, no problems??

@@TrailVaultMTB it works fine, very supple off the top. However back to back i preferred the higher front end with the full 203mm, so thats how its staying. Saves me spending a ton of money on a 190mm airshaft which i had been considering.

@@markcosens1 nice, I read about this method but wasn’t sure if it would be a hassle to maintain pressure so cut my spring down to 180mm instead - easy and works well.

They are very capable bikes, all you gotta do is keep riding and keep challenging yourself and you’ll soon be sending it 🙌

I think it’s technically the 52mm offset, I just measured it myself at 51mm so used this value. You are correct, the airspring does not come in 180mm from factory, only 203 and 190. I cut down and rethreaded a 203mm airspring to make a 180mm airspring. Might make a video on how to do this.

@@TrailVaultMTB gotcha. I couldn't see the arch in the video so thought it was perhaps an older 49 with a mojo or similar custom crowns.

​​@@TrailVaultMTB im looking at reducing my 40 to 190mm. I gather a need some red locktite, a shaft clamp, size currently unknown, and a 10x1mm tap. Anything ive overlooked? Cheers.

@@markcosens1 yep, red loctite and a m8x0.5 tap. You don’t need a shaft clamp necessarily, just clamp lower nut in a vice and heat the lower part of the shaft a little to breakdown loctite, then the lower nut should spin off with a bit of effort (driving from upper nut). Cut, tap, loctite, screw back on and your good to go

Such a good trail, you gotta get down to Narooma!

Awesome trail

@@alexwysocki7671 the best! 🙌

Sick ride! I hope u don’t mind me asking, what is the brand of your rig and set up?

@@MaaahksChroniclesnot at all - it’s a specialized kenevo converted to a mullet running a fox 40.

Thanks for the sub!

Thanks for the support, got plenty more coming!

Sometimes you have to try it for yourself!

Thanks for the support! Yeah for me feels worse and at best about the same speed so easy choice. For this test I was running assegais all round but usually run a DHR2 on the rear. I had exo+ casings all around with cushcore in rear at around 25psi and 23 psi front no cushcore. Any less and I’ll ding rims on rocks.

Thanks, appreciate it.

Glad to to hear, been getting more and more comfortable on the mullet and loving it too.

Thanks Beau! Yeah I fully agree and thought the same - 29er is closest to factory geometry except for bb height. I tried the high and low positions for shock thinking the low might get the bb low enough to corner better. Didn’t feel better - guessing because of the super slack HTA, longer trail etc.

Thanks mate!

@@TrailVaultMTB all good man I subscribed

Yeah was a little easier on the analogue for sure but definitely doable on the stock kenevo with a bit of practice and commitment I think. I didn’t get a clean run finished as I got rained out after a couple of laps and am not local so this was the best I got!

@@TrailVaultMTB I got the kenevo a few months back and it's been raining most of time so I've hardly ridden it haha I admit I've got alot of progression to go? Plus it's been approx 20yrs since I've seriously done jumps etc and that was on a bmx! I'm still getting used to the larger ebike with full suspension regarding timing, pop etc etc Man they're great bikes though. Love it

I’ve never really seen anyone clearing this line clean. It seems like it needs way more speed and huck than even a lot of skilled rides have. I’m mediocre at best and there’s no way I even get close to not casing.

@@dave_granfield yeah man I agree the gradient and size of the jumps aren't balanced well. The run is quite flat and it's hard to maintain enough speed, especially on an ebike. An advanced rider could do it though.

No it’s not chipped, you do need to really rail that berm after the road gap though to get enough speed to clear these. Keep working on it!

Will work on that.

Thanks. You could no doubt fit a 26” in the rear, it would exaggerate all the impacts I talk about in the video - steeper head angle, longer trail etc.

Ok thanks.

Yeah you would make 27.5” look out of place at that height! I’ve got a 29er on the back at the moment too doing some testing. Managed to fit a 2.5 assegai in there without any frame rub so stoked on that.

There's certainly not much that can slow my bike down with the 29ers on! I actually have the opposite problem where I carry too much speed into slippery winter UK corners 😂.

Awesome, that’s sitting pretty high, you must have the long offset fork? I’m running it in the high mode but for me steering was too heavy with the single crown fork though definitely got used to it.

@@TrailVaultMTB TBH I never really noticed the front being higher than with the old fox38 27.5 setup. The main thing I noticed is the epic speed and I don't ground out quite so much where the BB is a little higher. I run a 65mm stroke shock so it has around 190mm travel on the back too.

If you had a single crown to start with your change would be the same as mine then - i started with a triple clamp from stock so axle to crown change is more significant when going to single crown. Glad you like your bike, I’m really happy with the change also. Keep ripping.

Yeah it probably is, they are all related and slacker hta angle increases trail and wheel flop

Thanks 🙏. Lapping Prana and Old Tom and riding straight up the fire trail on the e-bike where some great laps!

Thanks, appreciate it 👍

It is a beautiful area 👌

Thanks! 👍

Do it!

Thanks for watching!

One of the best for sure!