Have you thought of doing a component run down/lineup explanation? You could do shimano and sram group set + brakes, rockshok and Fox suspension + rear shock. You could just give your thoughts on each part and comparison to it competition or whether it’s worth to spend a bit more to upgrade to the next model. It would be interesting to here your options on what is priced well or offers more value.
Just saw your content come up on my home page, just got into MTB-ing, and I got a Marlin 5, so the 2x8, as a new person to it the prices of these bikes to me were still high let alone the high end stuff lol! but love the marlin 5 since I can still use it on road etc with the extra gears.
I only ended up going with trek over polygon, merida or marin as I walked into a local store, and the bloke who served me, had some of the best customer service ever seen and I just basically went, yeah well thats worth the extra bit and i havent regretted getting the trek.
These buyers guides are great mate 🤙 What do you think of the ghost riot en essential build? Is the linear wheel bath beneficial? And what do you think of rims and hubs, they aren’t the most common brand. Interested to hear your thoughts!
Very cool bikes. I've heard very good things but will need very fast trails to get the most out of it. Definitely, not a bike for Australian trails, need some fast open trails. Has a super long reach and long chainstays too, which need high speeds to make it worth their while. Never heard of the hubs unfortuantely
Thanks for the great video mate. If you have $2500 aud for trail hard tail, what would you and everyone here recommended?. I am a 164cm short😀, So far I have a few bikes in mind Roscoe 7, Merida big trail 600 (I wish it came with different color option tho) and the Commencal meta am HT,but not sure if they have one for my size tho for the sands color.
Thanks heaps for doing these brand reviews. They are really helping me choose my next bike. 👍
Request for a video comparing/contrasting all the different Dirt Jumpers out there? Love your content man, keep it up!
Yes please !
Yes would like this too
The ex 5 is mostly the same parts as the t7 but about 600 more
Have you thought of doing a component run down/lineup explanation? You could do shimano and sram group set + brakes, rockshok and Fox suspension + rear shock. You could just give your thoughts on each part and comparison to it competition or whether it’s worth to spend a bit more to upgrade to the next model. It would be interesting to here your options on what is priced well or offers more value.
That’s a good idea and you could also do at what price/type of bike you’ll find the part on
What you recommend instead of a slash 8 if in the UK? Thanks
Great info Phil. Roscoe 7 or big trail 600? Which one you recon?
Just saw your content come up on my home page, just got into MTB-ing, and I got a Marlin 5, so the 2x8, as a new person to it the prices of these bikes to me were still high let alone the high end stuff lol! but love the marlin 5 since I can still use it on road etc with the extra gears.
I only ended up going with trek over polygon, merida or marin as I walked into a local store, and the bloke who served me, had some of the best customer service ever seen and I just basically went, yeah well thats worth the extra bit and i havent regretted getting the trek.
These buyers guides are great mate 🤙
What do you think of the ghost riot en essential build? Is the linear wheel bath beneficial? And what do you think of rims and hubs, they aren’t the most common brand.
Interested to hear your thoughts!
Very cool bikes. I've heard very good things but will need very fast trails to get the most out of it. Definitely, not a bike for Australian trails, need some fast open trails. Has a super long reach and long chainstays too, which need high speeds to make it worth their while. Never heard of the hubs unfortuantely
@@trailtalkmtb6603 thanks mate
Nice reviews, still waiting for merida reviews. Thanks for all the hard work you have been doing for us followers.
Already done merida :)
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This series is very cool 🤟 just wondering what bike would you recommend for 5-6k aud (enduro)
Marin alpine trail xr
Thanks for the great video mate.
If you have $2500 aud for trail hard tail, what would you and everyone here recommended?. I am a 164cm short😀,
So far I have a few bikes in mind Roscoe 7, Merida big trail 600 (I wish it came with different color option tho) and the Commencal meta am HT,but not sure if they have one for my size tho for the sands color.
Can you do cube
My ex 5 has recon gold 100 times better than recon silver