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This article was originally published in Mountain Biking UK magazine. Downhill world champion Danny Hart hasn't sat on his actual race bike since he whipped into the finishing area in Champery, Switzerland, in September. Instead, it's been flying the Giant flag at expos all around the world since then. The bike Hart had prepared for the UK National Champs is almost identical though, and that's the one that you see here. Custom geometry Hart started the year on a standard large Giant Glory frameset, but changed to a medium early on. "The large fitted me well, but the taller guys on the team needed something bigger so the sizing got changed. It's custom geometry, but I can't tell you the …
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