- Hi my name is Blake Samson,
And we're out here in my local dirt jump spot,
and this is my pro bike check.
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This is the Scott Voltage YZ 0.1 and its
the colour is sick.
It's black, but if you look real close,
it's got little speckles of silver in it.
It's super lightweight.
It's great for all the tricks I do on it.
So I love the graphics that they've got goin' on-
I love the details.
It's super subtle, but it stands out real good.
I love it.
Right. So that's the frame let's move up to the cockpit.
Right, the cockpit; we'll start off with the stem.
It's a 35 mil(mm) stem its a Syncros Stem and that
is matched up with these Syncros DJ 2.0 handlebars
that I've got now.
And I know I've mentioned that I run real narrow bars,
and I got a lot of comments about 760 not being narrow.
I'm sorry, but I've cut these down.
I'm now running 750 so that's a little bit more narrow
than what I am used to, but it is better for those
bar spins that I do.
We move on to the grips; we've got some Ergon GA2's.
These are great I love this colour.
This is new to this colour and they're just real nice
and grippy.
Moving on to the brake.
I'm running a Shimano SLX brake,
but you're probably wondering what all this
is going on here, I've got an extra long cable hose
that I've wrapped around my head tube here and that
gives me a lot more movability with throwing
those handlebars.
So I can go; one, two, three, four, five, six
bar spin revolutions or tail whips depending on
how I throw these bars- or my bike around.
And the next step is my suspension.
Which you're probably wondering what pressure I run in them.
Right, my suspension this part is a little bit of a dark
area when it comes to setting because basically I just
put loads of pressure in it and get a real hard front end;
so I don't lose all that pop.
Whereas downhillers, Enduro riders, cross-country riders
spend hours putting in settings on their forks.
For me, I do have a few settings though don't get me wrong,
but I do like to run them really hard.
So, I'll start off with the travel;
I've got 100 to 110 mil (mm) of travel.
With air I'm running 110 PSI.
They are factory setted so I've got a few bumps in there
to give it that more rampiness.
With the rebound on the bottom here
I do wind it all the way closed, and I have
four clicks out.
Depending on what the fork is reacting
I go five or six.
Right, so I have the top here the high speed and
low speed compression for me,
I don't really
spend much time, I just click it in and I'll click it
depending on where it is and I'll feel the suspension
and if it feels good I keep it as that.
Right we're down here at the drive chain.
To talk about chains; this chain is real strong.
It's the BMX style chains it's real thick.
It can take quite a lot of impact.
If I land on the copings at the skate park
it's not just gonna snap like a normal mountain bike chain.
Right when it comes to gear ratio it's a little bit small.
I don't like these big dinner plate sized gears
and sprockets, and whatever.
I like mine real small on the front I've got a
25 tooth chain ring and on the rear I've got 11.
So it's 25/11 that's the perfect gear ratio.
It's a little bit stiff, but it's enough to give me that
all that speed I need for those big jumps.
Right when it comes to the crank arms these are
the BMX style crank arms.
They come with the bike when you buy this bike.
It comes with these crank arms.
Real strong, lightweight,
and can take an absolute hammering.
Very, very durable.
Next up, we've got these Crankbrothers Stamp.
These are the small platform peddles, I don't really like
to run a wide platform when I'm running on dirt jumps.
Because I want my foot to be quite loose and move around.
I don't want such a big platform to get in the way
when my feet are flying about kicking the bike,
and then getting them back on the peddle.
These are the perfect size for me and the pins
are not that far out.
So if I do slip a peddle I'm not going to
get it in the shin.
Right, moving on to the wheels that I've got on my bike.
It's a 26 inch bike, it's a dirt jump bike.
It's all about 26 for me.
With the tyres I've got the Continental Race King 2.2
size tyre- perfect for what I do.
It's got all the grip I need.
I got the, so the pressure they've got in these is
you can go up to 65, but I'm running at 60 PSI
in these ones.
Super solid.
Gives me less rolling resistance, I've got inner tubes
I am not running tubeless.
So I've got inner tubes front and back coming down
to the hub it's a single speed hub as a great engagement
there's 120 in there and it sounds like a wasp when
I'm going through the air, it's amazing.
Spoke wise; I've got 32 spokes on these it's perfect.
Gives me the strength I need the wheels are super robust.
The brake part of this bike I'm running a
hydraulic disc brake like I've said at the top
a Shimano SLX.
I've got a 160 mil rotor on the rear and
you can go smaller but, I love 160 it gives me the best
stopping power I need.
It does skids all I need to do.
So when it comes to front discs while my hub doesn't
have any mounts for a disc it's a purely disc less,
brakeless hub.
Plus it gives me a little bit less weight.
Right, when it comes to the saddle I don't really use this
I only use this to grip with my legs.
So I've got a Syncros seat post there
with a Scott pivotal seat there and it looks good,
feels good, it's a bit suedy. Very nice.
Okay one more thing the whole bike comes in at 24 pounds
that is pretty light weight because I don't really
want to have a heavy bike throwing around in the air.
Super light is way better.
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