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I'll take the shake-up!  Thanks for the nudge.

(starts tinkering with knobs on the bike he finds nothing the matter with) 

Cheers!

I'm with Perry on this, big time.  

It's probably worth noting that I'm not ever racing a clock.  I would suspect any weaknesses of this suspension platform would be realized mostly in the racing world... where this bike simply doesn't belong.  Feels terrific on bigger compressions, climbs really really well ** (no qualifier) and is comfortable on the long days.  All IMO of course. 

It does seem that the buzz is mostly surrounding the Meta 29 over this bike.    The Meta is a raceable bike, big wheels... a real Enduro box ticker.

The Clash is essentially the Furious with a seat mast depth and angle that affords a pedal height saddle. 

I have dreams of putting on a XO1DH drivetrain, a 34t Switch ring, a 190mm Fox49, DH casings F/B and a solid short post for the next trip Retallack.    Those adjustments actually make sense on this bike... it leans in deep to the DH bike side over the Trail bike side, despite **

I'll be sure to get AJ to shoot it if so, I think it would be quite striking... also it would be a Furious.

All that is to say, I've not noticed even for a second that I'm missing the 'pedalling prowess' of a DW link or the 'bottomless feel' of a VPP

Glad you like the look of my bike.  It's super fun and I love it.

Cheers!

fully fluid FF

That would be my error.   (Sorry A.J) 

Upon re-check I'm at;

HSC 3 out

LSC 10 out

Not as 'open' on the HSC circuit, as is usually seen, I think due to the double tokens.  

All this said, I'm open to fiddling with the knobs... a little hesitant when I'm liking the ride, which I very much am.

{embedded drool emoji}

Such a fun video.  Loved it.

Cam, you mentioned a pocket.  I've been wearing my Thunderpants for a month and I've yet to find one... am I daft?  I hope so, 1 would be a win!

Thanks for the breakdown, it was very enjoyable read.

Thanks for this guys.  Play safe

My impression of what drives the real a-holes is not adrenaline or to 'zero in and forget anything but the trail' at all.  It's not even a part of it I'd assert.  

Closer to the genuine motivations AND internal monologue before-during-after the effort or these types are;

'I'll get the KOM' 

'The post I'll make today about how rad I am will get so many likes' 

'My Insta story should have the floating SAVAGE logo on it with a selfie of how sweaty I am at the top of the climb, yeah that's perfect'

'I'll show everyone who follows my Strava that I just did a causal 50kms form my house, no big.  I'm a goddamn champion!'

Love this so much.  Matt's a gem and is also very fast.  6th in pro at the Squamish Enduro this year... ON THIS BIKE.