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A overbuilt trail bike with two sets of wheels, ones to smash big hills and a xc wheelset

Cheers Anna, great info on the minefield of settings!!!

Isaac, your presentation style has gotten a lot better since you started a few months ago (no offense). I can see that you're more comfortable talking and notice it with your body language aswell. Good job mate. Anyway can one of you please explain how they come up with the rear suspension travel if the stroke in the rear shock is a lot shorter. My mtb has 150mm rear travel, although the stroke travel is only 55mm. Doesn't make sense to me.

Has Doddy gone??

If you ask most manufacturers it's a 170 mm (or even more) full suspension with a slack 60° head-tube angle and about 12 inches of reach to the full 1 m handlebar controlling 5 feet of wheelbase.

An Enduro bikes geometry is the do it all bike. That bike is able to go from Green cross country to pro lines at the bike park. It's not the best at everything but it is capable of doing everything.

Do all geometry ! Well there’s none other then Commencal !

My norco fluid with 120 rear, 130 front, and a 66.5 head angle does it all pretty comfortably, its also not so slack that the front end feels vague and slow turning on xc tracks.

#AskGMBNtech ..what are the best cheap / mid ranged / expensive bike travel bags that are available? Especially the ones for long haul air travel.

Классная рубрика! Очень интересно!

HA 65deg SA 76 deg reach 465mm rear travel 140 and front 150mm thats do it all bike

#AskGMBNTech Can you maybe explain seat post clamp orientation? On Wolftooth page, they say that seat post clamp slot should align with slot on seat tube, and I also was reading on some MTB forums that clamp slot should be rotated by 180 degrees compared to slot in seat tube if using carbon fiber seat post (or bike frame?). Does it even make any difference at all?

#AskGMBNTech can you tell us why the 300mm marzocchi monster fork was made and why there isn't a new one? just some imformation about the monster fork

first! ready for the sick vid

#AskGMBNTech can freehub pawls or the freehub body get damaged by putting stronger springs? Logicaly it does add more power into the pawl hitting the body but are they soft enough that they may get worn down way quicker?

respect for always coming up with new video ideas! 👌

#ask GMBN Tech. I have Fox 34 float forks on my Orange P7. I have been on the Fox website to set up the air pressure in my forks however, I weigh more than any of the stated pressures and weights. Can I add tokens to prevent me bottoming out? Or do I need to buy bigger forks?

I find at least for me, my Giant Trance 29 is exactly that; agressive geometry with a low BB, long reach and reasonably slack headangle (65.5) paired with a steep-ish seat angle (76.4) for climbing. Short travel (130F/120R) and a burly frame. It climbs everything I point it at and still shreds the bikepark really well. I use it for anything from XC loops to full on DH. A short travel bike with a long travel attitude!

#AskGMBNTech Does rear braking affect the suspension? I have a Dartmoor Blackbird 29er 160 F/R travel, it doesn't have some sort of linkage near the hubs or near the center of the rear wheel. Hope this reaches you. Cheers!

If you are 100KGs and running 140psi.. nothing out there will feel good.. these dampers are a catch-all tune that suck for everyone. I'M 240 LBS and fox techs said their grip2 can't handle 125psi on a 38.. Putting 10wt oil helps.. try that. I ended up getting an AVA hybrid damper.. pricey..the RC3 zeb is a bit better but much harsher than the fox airsrping side.

#askgmbntech Does a angle headset increase the risk of ripping of the head tube? I thinking of trying out a Slack-R 1,7° on my Orbea Laufey

#askgmbntech Hey guys, big fan of you all. So I have Scott spark 930 with fox float 34 and a fox nude 5, I'm 63kg and I'm running 85 psi on the suspension with the rebound almost on the slowest setting with 3 tokens and on the shock I'm running 200 psi with the rebound almost closed also with no tokens... I know that's almost the opposite of what fox recommends but it's the only way not bottoming out all the time. Any suggestions, is it fine. Or I'm I abusing to mutch of the bike I have ? Cheers

#AskGMBNTech How do you know when a headset has gone and needs replacing, and how to do you go about getting the right one? A very confusing subject with tons of info out there!

Came for the "Where's Doddy?" comments.

#AskGMBNTech can i use a 11speed rear mech with a 9 speed shifter and cassete

#AskGMBNTech Could you make a short breakdown of Anna’s bike (the Canyon Spectral 125)? I’m thinking of getting it and would love a review! Also, do you have any thoughts on the Radon Skeen Trail? Thanks!

#AskGMBNTech Why is reduction of the spoke number so trendy in the last decade or more, since that actually weaken the wheels? At the beginning of the MTB days, the golden standard was 36 spokes (sometimes even 40), on 26" wheels, but today on 29ers is 32 spokes (often 28), with same 14 gauge diameter (why not at least butted spokes?). Is bike industry pushing back the safety in favor of the statistical numbers related to weight? And what is the final word on how should leading and trailing j-bend spokes be positioned on the hub? It seems like every wheel manufacturer have different conclusion about that.

Where’s doddy?????

where is doddy?

#AskGMBNTech I'm new back into mountain biking. I've noticed that the chain and cassette seems to have surface rust after even one muddy ride. I do clean the bike after a ride but I dont have an indoor space to clean and dry the bike. So particularly if it's raining... Its impossible to put away totally dry. Will it damage the bike? Are there any tips to make sure it's dry?

A bike with adjustable geometry.

My bike full suspension 150mm travel front and rear what category dose it fall in😮

Please! Show in detail the thumnail picture, less of your self and much more of stills, pan slowly, show the bikes, how they are built. We hear you isnt that enough. Your videos are dizzying. Whats the reason, why?

OK here we go, controversial I know but... wait for it. A good Fat Bike will do everything and more. There you go. After 36 plus years riding mountain bikes, racing xc, downhill, a fatty is the "jack of all trades"! Not the master of just one.

‘Do it all’ is determined by the rider... yes it might be a lightweight road bike but I’m riding it at Rampage and to hell with it