Welcome back viewers. Last week we left off with a huge case in the Kevin jump. So left my bike with Seth for some upgrades Let's see what he installed the whole thing with prime 9 is Like when I was a kid I think 9 speed was as high as it went actually when I was like a little little kid It didn't even go that high my first mountain bike was a 6 speed it either worked or didn't work and then we kind of had the gear wars We add more gears to a cassette We need a narrower chain. We need smaller movements. There's a much smaller margin for error For me, it's a downside. I'm not trying to fine-tune my heart rate and and shave off seconds on a Strava time I'm trying to ride if I'm in the pain cave. I need to dig deep. I got that extra gear. I can reach for With a 9 speed you still have that you still have that 52th gear and depending on what type of what type of chain ring you pair it with it can go really low You can put a 28 on there if you want you can spin like a spin like a crazy person to get to the top So you still have the reliability you still have the range at first It was just a 9 speed ebike drive train and the reason they put a 9 speed on ebike is because ebikes have those Super torquy motors and they're just pulling on the drive train and just beating the hell out of it So there's a thicker chain and a thicker cassette so they're gonna wear less the other thing that they did for the ebike drive Trains is they did a single push shifter So you know you push the thumb switch and it skips like four or five years the single push just changes one gear at a time And when you have an ebike set up like that There's less of an opportunity for it to tear everything up and for the chain to get all tangled when we installed the box To on your bike we gave you the single push if they're just like an ebike because I know You know you're just recklessly pushing that button so now this is gonna sort of handicap you a little bit on Discoing your drive train if you miss it we can put the other one on but yeah, we went for the single because You're pretty much an ebike mode even when you're paddling. I headed over to Paris mountain in Duro for the first ride on the box To you prime 9 it's three stages through the South Carolina mountain side Here's my friend Lily to tell us about the nasty crash they ended up with getting some staples in the side of her head She is one tough pop So I was following the girl down a trail and she crashed her Kind of had a bailout to the side slam my head on Well, I'm glad you're okay, and you didn't anything bad their staples look absolutely crazy and they'll be great memories So we'll see you at the bottom of the wrist my first impressions of the prime 9 are great no gear slipping No miss shifts and no clicking I can put full weight down with no issue Many people in the comments were worried about missing gear options having only 9 speed But I shifted two or three gears each time when I have the 12 speed Believe in you I feel great about this prime 9 the 9 speed allows me to drop only one gear instead of having to push the shift Or two or three times. I'm automatically in the gear jump that I kind of already want So I'm fully satisfied with just these 9 gears. Thanks Seth Oh I also just installed some other new parts if you haven't seen the last video go check it out I installed an oval chain ring also a set of titanium EE wings from King Creek I feel like I can really tell the difference in the oval chain ring and the cranks allow me to pedal smoother and I'm not having any of me pain anymore I Know it's so recent. We haven't fun as a good race good community race. There's a lot of entries a lot of people in southeast So just good that everybody turns up and participate sweet man. Let's see around. Hey, thanks for the help of one rock, dude Oh You ready? Oh Very nice eating ice Oh Hmm So let's say we just wrapped up stage three the Enduro went over pretty well If you guys haven't noticed you can follow the skies on Instagram TV addict, so what you think about the what you think about stage one a lot of pedaling what you think about stage two What you about stage three? Three had a little bit everything. Yeah, stage three is pretty solid. Did you guys go down? Did you go down? No, no, I didn't go down. Did you go down? I? Didn't go down either so we're doing really well as far as a pack of people So So overall the prime nine it worked great. I didn't notice the spacing after I got out of my head that was different It worked amazing. I think the combination with the prime nine plus the new oval chain ring that I just got makes it amazing My knee didn't hurt. I had a lot more fun I'm just stoked that I could stand up on the pedals and the gears didn't slip and my knee didn't hurt afterwards Also, so and also where that giant brace every time I go out and ride I'm I'm set for it I think everybody should give the shot check it out. I think we're actually moving in the right direction with more durability more reliability Rather than you know, maybe just pedaling in a gear thing slightly just right Don't forget like comment subscribe and we'll see you on the next bike upgrade I think we're gonna be checking out one of those new progressive coils from Kane Creek