Yeah. The other thing that made me cringe was allowing the impact weight to keep bouncing onto the frame until it came to rest.

Steel is far stiffer than aluminium, and stiffer than CFRP. CFRP also has better inherent fatigue properties than aluminium and steel, you just need to make sure you don't impact it. Fatigue will also "set in" the first time you ride it, its just a question of whether it ever reaches a critical level to cause failure.

yeh it was a pretty covert op after all....

hey look guys i can ride a bike down a hill. works both ways....

Can we please stop talking about frame bump stops as though they're something new. Yeh they're a neat feature and nice to have on a bike, but they've been around for so long now on several different bikes, think its time to stop using them as a selling point...

Was expecting Yoda to appear in that first shot. Really good edit, great mix of tech, speed, air etc that you don't often see.

nah pperini I disagree. carbon downhill frames:NEW technology that is considerably better than existing designs. 1.25 headtube diameter: Pointless standard that sits in between two existing standards. I also disagree with you saying that we have a choice to ignore these new standards. If big companies take them up and stop producing older standards then we lose that choice. Also, if I found a good deal on one of these new giants as a complete bike, I would buy it regardless of the headtube size, but that isn't to say that I'd be happy with it having 1.25 diameter headtube.

Decent review, but the tone was at times too defensive. Its a lot cheaper than a top level downhill bike, so anyone buying it won't (or at least shouldn't) expect the same performance. Trying to explain away differences in performance is unneccessary. Sentences like: "Both are fine units with the basic adjustments needed, despite some riders' opinion being that they are low rent and therefore inferior to the higher end products available." and stating how the components were the same as WC level ones of a few years ago got a bit annoying. Anyway, definitely a very good bike to mix up the market and hopefully start bringing prices down a bit...

love these videos, always provide useful information. His voice reminds me of the ski instructor in that episode of southpark where they go to aspen