That's the one for sure

I totally agree

True that!

Totally agree

Don't be. Since I got my Chisel, I've barely ridden my Epic Evo.

bought a chisel, upgraded it to an XT drive train and brakes. I'm having a hard time justifying the expense of upgrading. Its a great bike.

@@foodgeektv mines perfect for the sort of riding I do 90% of the time. I bought a 140mm trail bike for occasional bike park and days in the peaks last year, if I'd have known this was in the pipeline, I'd have waited... 😔

The trails that the guy in this video is riding doesnt even need a full suspension. Hard tails are more fun for easy trails. At 14.5 kg, it doesn't come close to its hard tail counter part.

@@escamunicha4276 and yet someone else in comments thought it was a brutal trail that would rattle their older bones. Heck I could say you were a wimp and you don't need a hard tail because I've ridden similar trails on my CX with 33mm tyres. It'd be fun on any of my bikes though, including the full sus.

Are you looking in my head?

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

Yeah, ideal NICA bike

That’s not a bad reason to sit tight TBF

We were shocked. Proper sloppy and the moors were soaked. Could have done with a bit more grip on the rocks but the geo actually suits slower, twitchier descending

@@GuyKesTV I rarely ride up there but the dog loves it as it's quiet and smells of deer. It's a shame the Fewston mtb trails never got any publicity and have had only had minimal maintenance. It and Timble could have added a nice xc loop to Stainburn to complement it.

@@jamesgrabowski6871 yeah, they could be a really good resource. Yorkshire Water seemed really keen on connecting up as much as possible when we were doing the initial consulting. Next news they built the trail with a footpath contractor (which is why the berm placement, shaping and flow are so weird/slow). Theres never been any follow up marketing or maintenance though.

That’d be a fine pairing

You too folks 🤘🏻

🤣 cable pulled through as I got it out of the van and I didn’t have the time or tools to fix it 😭

Yep, it was filthy like winter though. Real shock TBH as I thought it might be at least somewhere near dry by now.

Did they! Should have been keeping that hidden ‘til today!

@@GuyKesTV Yes! I thought it was a bit weird that I hadn't heard any news about it. Asked about the discounted Chisel HT frame set and the sales guy took me straight to the new Chisel FS.

Haha, sounds like they looked in your head!

Well to muddy waters a bit further, I accidentally ended up with a blinged out Chisel after watching Guy's video about his custom build. My lovely carbon Epic Evo has barely been ridden since. 😁

I imagine very well with the right amount of air pressure in shocks. This bike looks close to perfect for it

@@tonyenglish292 head says FS, heart has already grabbed the HT and run 🤣

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It depends entirely whether you feel you need full suspension. MHT is a great bike for the money and a hardtail leaves space for a frame bag. If you can afford the Chisel FS though it’ll be a smoother ride for sure

I can’t see them getting rid of cable GX soon. But a GX AXS build on this bike would work great

I was wondering the same thing because I got some good deals on two GX group sets. But the reason may be because I bought some expensive wheels from them and then they told me about the GX deals. If you are thinking about GX, now might be the time to buy. I would sure dig deeper into it and find out. I love mine but after putting them on myself, I don't like the way the crank with dub is engineered. Look up spacing videos or trouble shooting with the cranks before you buy.

@@saddleweary2777 Yeah they up graded the Sram stuff in 3 years and Shimano in the past a Groupset would be out for like 8 years or something the 10 speed and then 11 speed had that sort of time span, but i am confused if this Sram is going to still be made, is it only NX from now on or some GX as well ? i still see some of it on a Brand new bike like this with new NX Eagle Groupset, the GX analog stuff was the first 12 speed stuff i got back in start of 2020 so i take it that shops will still be getting it in, i cant be arsed going full AXS electric for the sake of it as i do not have that kinda of money right now and i want to ware out the parts i have.

@@saddleweary2777 What i did was put XX1 on my Rocky Mountain Vertex i up graded it as that XX1 was reduced i sourced that from various places with up to 50 percent off, so i took the GX stuff off that bike, now it is a Summer time XC bike and now lighter, and then i have afew used GX cassettes that still have a bit of life in them. I had a Rocky Mountain Pipeline C70 27.5+ 2019, i then made that a 29er and that had SRAM Stylo 7k 12 speed crank i put a new dub bottom bracket in that bike, i never had used Sram drive chain before, i have had Avid brakes on my Kona 2X2 deluxe in 2011. Is it that Sram Stylo 7k crank you do not like ? I dont mind it as i always use to be Shimano. when the Shimano 11 speed came out i got some 10 speed cranks reduced from Chain Reaction at the time as i had built a Ritchey Timber Wolf hard tail. You see i did go from 10 speed to then 12 speed, i could not be bothered with 11 speed i could see what was going to happen, but then Sram started to up date in a few years its all a bit of a fad in some ways just to make you speed more money.

@@robinbreeds9217 It's a tough guess, they are having a lot of trouble with electric on the tour divide race right now I hear so that may put off a take over for a while. I wouldn't buy one unless I raced crit but as far as mtn biking I just can't see the advantage, I was caught in a thunderstorm with a buddy running AXS and I thought he was going to destroy his bike trying to get it in his car because he didn't want it to get wet. I'm old fashioned anyway and hate fixing things that aren't broken and I think they are enough folks like that, that will demand cables to keep it around but you know the industry, they will push consumers into what makes them the most money. Some laws require making replacement parts for ten years but I don't know if that applies to group sets, like that d shaped seat post giant came out with, I hear they must reproduce it for ten years.

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Very good spot! The cable pulled out of the cradle bolt as I pulled it out of the van and disappeared up the outer as frayed end 😱 I didn’t have time to repair it before shooting so had to pull the post out and compress or extend the post manually between climb and descent segments 😫

Nearly but not yet so don’t be greedy 😂

Yeah, that's standard moorland for the UK. We used it all in the past few centuries for building ships to go and bully the rest of the world. Sorry about that.

14.47kg for a large without pedals

You sound like my wife 🤣

You’re totally right. Unfortunately the fact you replied means the click bait title worked too. But we all know getting something a season old from a rider / racer with more money than sense is the way to score the ultimate XC bargain right?

Can’t lie it was a shock now filthy it was

Was thinking the same 😅