Revel Rail Review - 2020 Bible of Bike Tests
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2019
- The Revel Rail passed the WHOOP test. As in, whoever rode it would almost immediately start hooting and hollering through the Park City woods. Find the full review and much, much more at BikeMag.com.
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I can't get why a review like this has such a low number of views. In my opinion, listening your thoughts about the bike worths much more than having the specs I can check everywhere. Awesome guys, keep going!
“We shouldn’t write off 27.5 yet”. Or ever! Still make a lot of sense for a lot of riders. If your local trails are tighter, twisty rides, with short punchy descents and climbs, it’s still spot on. Glad they included some 27.5 rigs in the reviews.
Gary Winslow , right...I live Western Washington and 80 percent of our trails fall into that category... 27.5 is just easier to navigate
*AGREED!*
Agreed #3!
I’m under 5 ft tall, handling a 26” for me is like 27.5” for others, and 27.5” for me is like 29” for others. Not everyone wants or fits on a 29er.
I’m under 5 ft tall, handling a 26” for me is like 27.5” for others, and 27.5” for me is like 29” for others. Not everyone wants or fits on a 29er.
Canfield and Revel deserve way more recognition than they get. My 2016 Balance is 34lbs and I have not once used the compression switch. Wide open, all the time, and zero problems. It’s black magic. Glad to see Revel keeping the technology alive.
So glad Bike Mag releases all of these at the same time. Pinkbike takes the upload once per day, get more views route(nothing wrong with this, though). I just like the Bible reviews more anyways.
I agree about the reviews. I like some of PB's vids but their reviews seem to leave me asking more questions than they answer.
Pinkbike reviews are 700000x’s better.... regardless of The ordered/amount of videos released.
@@irockuroll60 ibagree to disagree...
These are some of my favorite videos. These and Pink Bike
Shows that large bike manufactures are focused on snake oil innovation to sell bikes. It seems to take a bike nerd with a dream that can bypass the bean counters to bring true game changing products to market. Well done Revel.
👍👍👍
Yup. Glad there's still boutique shops available that have that passion and all-in commitment to building the best bikes possible. Santa Cruz is probably the only bike manufacturer that plays with the big boys but still has that personal feel to it. Pivot and Revel are the only other bikes I'd ever consider despite Pivot going with the press fit BB (Chris their CEO truly believes when done right with strict tolerances it's the better option).
Can’t wait for them to release a longer travel 29er than they currently offer with the Rascal
May I ask how you get those shots of the bikes
Are you thinking about a hardtail-test next Time? would Love it
Will this bike, be a good candidate for a Mullet??? I think, it has possibilities ...160mm front 29er and the 165mm rear with 27.5
This and the Enduro are my two favorite bikes in this year's bible. Big travel bikes that can pedal? Yes please!
Dont forget about the Ripmo AF with DW Link!
Or the Mojo HD5...
@@epicwarrior1018 naw, 29"
@@bbarker5766 👌🏼 - but the 4 for trails
Can this thing handle hard charging enduro race style riding? I like 27.5 and it’s on my short list next to a Nomad and a Patrol.
How would you compare the Revel Rail to the YT Jeffsy 27 and the Esker Elkat? In terms of plushness, pop and value?
These videos are giving me major trail envy
Me too
Still loving my 2017 Canfield Balance like it's a brand new bike. Too bad the bike industry wasn't this enthusiastic about the Canfield bikes.
I never understood that. At the time the Balance came out, you could ride it and immediately tell it was one of the best all around all mountain bikes out there, but it was barely mentioned in the bigger publications. THAT BIKE literally caused me to question every review any publication is putting out. It was the same for the Jedi, and you would see how popular they were with the amateurs if you went to the races. For the past few seasons, it was the same for the Intense M16.
The publications profess that their reviews are neutral, but the fact is...the big players pay those publications for a certain amount of mentions, and pictures. The marketing guys sit there with the magazine, or read it online, and count the number of mentions and pictures to make sure they are meeting their monthly requirement. I get it...the magazines rely on advertising revenue to stay afloat, but I definitely read with a greater level of skepticism. In the past, I've seen them go so far as to put a major players' bike in a review of 7 bikes, when it wasn't even in that category! They make up some lame excuse of why they put a 140mm bike in a 160mm bike review, just so they can highlight the bike's performance, even if it doesn't achieve what the bike is intended to do! "Well...having bike x in the review just reminded us all how dramatically more efficient a 140mm bike pedals, and this one managed to hold its own against the longer travel bikes by remaining only slightly less capable." It's ridiculous at times.
LETS GO, Love my Revel Rail!
How is it climbing?
@@pcarts232 fairly decent, impressed man
Given they don’t offer a long-travel 29er, would any of you make it a reverse mullet? I guess the front would have to be 160mm to avoid altering geo too much...
The travel difference isn't enough for it to be worth making a mullet out of it, it'd slacken it out too much and lift the BB. Even dropping the travel by 10mm on the front would still lift the front end by about 30mm and would change the handling too much to be worth it
Edit, based on the geometry chart, the bb is already pretty darn low so the increased height there wouldn't be the end of the world, the head angle would slacken to about 63.5° which is very slack and the reach would decrease by 10-15mm which is what I'd be concerned about because the reach isn't massively long to begin with. If the seat tube is short enough it would be smart to size up if someone were to make it a mullet
@@michaelstewart9308 How 10mm reach difference can be a problem ? You can buy 10mm wider bar, or buy a stem with 10mm + lenght. I mean, we are not talking word cup downhill racing where your 0.35mm spacer on the stem makes all the difference.
currently rocking a revel rail with a 160mm 42mm offset 29er fork. so far i got nothing bad to say about this.
@@jariusviloria3369 I'm also running a Rail with a 160mm 29er fork. It rules. Geo is almost the same as before. Mullet rules!
A few guys at the shop run the Rail with a 29er front with a 160mm, standard offset fork. It rides like a dream!
Where are you guys? That place you guys talk at looks beautiful
Park City, Utah
Nice bike, similar numbers to my 17 carbon Patrol.
Odd there is no mention of the lack of ISCG mounting, therefore no bash guard options. That and the the lack of reviews is what steered me to the Bronson V3 instead but man it sounds like exactly what I was looking for otherwise.
Looking for something similar. How well does the bronson climb?
@@CornellHarris uh, ...yeah 🙁
Definitely one of your better reviews & reviewer groups, missing Ferrentino of course. I'm almost convinced, *but the price!?!* Direct to consumer and as expensive as Pivot? *Huh??*
Kind of a disappointment, I know. Got me glancing in the direction of Canyon, YT and that new DeVinci Spartan looks *_oh too Kuehl_*
Lidia is rad
They added the geo!
I wanna see a review in the 2020 Santa Cruz Megatower.
...why?
Canfield Brothers suspension design is the real deal. Those of us who have owned a Canfield Brothers bike in the past know just how good they are. I still have a 2015 Jedi and don't ever plan on giving it up.
Agreed.
what about Canyon???
They've testet the Strive
@@jakobscholz8227 I saw that later, probably the worst review, and not even complaining about the likes...they were not fare, and should have tested the spectral. The fun bike
I didn't know Revel was DTC
DTC with select shops. Best of both worlds because we really love great bike shops!
Yeah - I just decided, it's down to this or a Mojo4 - NOT an easy choice.
Every bike you test is the the best bike you ever ridden! I wonder why?
They have not said that in every video that I've watched...
Naahh, they didn't like the GT Force all that much.
Who is the girl?
One of the two listed here: www.bikemag.com/2020-bible-of-bike-tests/the-2020-bible-brigade/
So what are the cons? No bike is perfect.
I want!!!!
Big hands, small pockets
She don’t like 27-5” bikes , in other words you go with the flow , if you have enough skill you can ride a 27*5” no problem
Girl instagram? 😂
Can’t hear shit
I feel like that 3rd linkage is completely unnecessary, otherwise it looks great
Kinematics don't care about your feelings.
@@greganderson9618 Cool
Hate the whole awkward standing around in huddles with a beer in their hand looking like highschool kids trying to be cool at a party.
When will they stop with this awkwardly scripted yet unscripted format it’s cringy
Oh god not these lot zzzz worst reviews EVER
You ride the bike like a novice give it to a real mtb rider abs see how it goes like Adam Brayton or Tracy Hannah , that bike is too much bike for you guys 👎🏾 awful reviews
Agreed. But why do you keep coming back here? haha
MOST BORING BIKE REVIEWS EVER ZZZZZ