You can thank @e_normous.c for this one, I think he requested the evil bike check. Anyway how many bikes do you have in your fleet? And how do you split the love so everyone feels equally happy? lol
If my wife asks I have 2 bikes. I almost always ride my Marin Attack Trail Pro. It is longer travel and I kinda ride stupid so it saves my ass. I have a Marin Hawk Hill too, but she gets little love. Hope she don't step out on me 🤨
Thanks again for the Shout Out. I have 2. A Pivot Mach 6 and a Specialized Fuse hardtail plus bike. I have one for shuttle and park days and my hardtail for all my local XC trails here in central WA. 🤙🤙
@@OutdoorGold it's just such a cool color. I think everyone is jealous when they see my bike. I do need some touch up though. Can't find any. That might be a good video. Touch up paint for mountain bikes and where to get it.
So no lie I like your Evil better than your Yeti. The color is fantastic! This was a killer bike check. Leave it to you to make a bike check so damn interesting. Well done! My buddy just got an Offering so I’ll get to take an evil for a spin.
The Offering looks super well rounded so you buddy should like it, but I definitely don’t think it super cedes the Switchblade, Pivot is high on my list of the boutique brands! Thank Travis and congrats on being accepted to Mayo!
@@OutdoorGold I love my Pivot! There is no doubt! and thanks man I'm pretty stoked on Mayo, other than being transplanted away from the mountains! To answer your original comment question, I have 4 bikes in my fleet. I don;t equally share the love. My Pivot and my fixed gear definitely get the most love. I love my hardtail, but Its reserved for crazy long climbing/ miles day and for XC racing, otherwise I can't help but grab the Pivot. My road bike is sick too and I think once I'm in Minnesota it will get a lot more use (is that a good thing?).
I would change the bars, brakes , shifters , drivetrain, frame color, dropper , saddle , pedals , cranks , wheels , hubs , spokes , but really like the water bottle. Just joking man it's pretty damn sweet - nice job.
Great videos, RC !! Have you done a full review on the Catalyst pedals ? I would be really interested in your long term thoughts on this product. Your review on the Revgrips helped with my decision try them out. I just put my order in today!
I wrote a script for the Catalyst pedals a couple months ago but will probably make the video this fall. Spoilers, I can't quit them and from a performance standpoint they are the best flats I've ever had in my opinion. But, you definitely want soft contact shoes like 5Tens that have alot of positive contact with them or else they'll get a little rough on the shins. Outside of that, the arch support is where it's at.
@@OutdoorGold Thank you for the quick response. I already have 5Ten Freeriders & 5Ten Kestrals for my CB Mallet-E. I have been switching back and forth between clips & flats trying to find a less fatiguing solution for my legs and feet. The Catalysts seem to have that arch support and give more stability. Thanks for your info and I am looking forward to your video review !!
@@phantomrider86 The Catalysts will require a "break in" period, well, basically you'll have to break into them. It works a whole muscle group and involves the whole leg, making it more difficult to "sprint" at first, but it spreads the work so its not just your calves and quads that get the workout, but the entire leg gets more involved IMO.
The beginning of April I am flying from The Netherlands ( where i live ) to Moab, for two weeks of mtb, I’ll bring my own Intense Spider275 with Hope brakes on them. You can try them out if you want
Nice to check out other people rides! I’ve got a bunch of bikes but they each serve kind of a specific purpose. Fatbike for the winter, hardtail 29r for the local trails and long travel 27.5 for bike parks and traveling.
I have been wondering about that bike that I saw appearing in some of your videos. Great explanations and too bad about fox. I can't wait to hear about your experience with the PNW Bachelor. I just got one too and I can't wait until I can ride again and try it out. Great bike check!
Thanks a bunch Eric! I've never had much luck with fox and race face warranty so I'm disappointed a bit with those guys, but to each their own. So far I like the PNW Bachelor alot, I definitely have high hopes for their newest model.
hahaha when I was looking for that mount I went into the Over The Edge and said loudly "do you guys have a strap on.......waterbottle cage mount!!!!" LOL their reaction was obvious!
So glad i found this footage. About to build a bike, I'm between SB6 and Insurgent, demoed the yeti but leaning toweards evil for some reasons you mentioned like chaninguide, threaded bb.. and MRP ribbon is going on it! may i know what size are you? any big diferences between the two ? thanks , happy riding
Yep, me personally I prefer my SB6 over the insurgent because of the pedaling platform, but thats probably because my local trails require that. But on the downhill, I like the Insurgent. Huge fan of threaded bb and linkage design on the Evil models, but I feel the yeti delivers better performance. I personally think you should hold it to a budget decision where I feel the Insurgent might deliver better long time value.
Good walk through and cool frankenbike, like most o us ride these days. LOL I really like my PNW Bach dropper too, just need to add the Loam Lever. I picked up on the Van Halenesque outro music, good stuff!
hahaha all my bike are frankenbikes! Its apparently a necessary evil! lol hahaha the music pool! Its so random, I just sit here and contemplate what should go where! lol
Mountain Bike Advice, I don't have anything set in stone, but my goal is to ride in Phoenix a couple day before the Sedona Mountain Bike fest. If I can make it happen, you're invited
Hey dude, how tall are you to ride the large?- I know they are supposedly quite large as it goes but I'm looking at an XL and want to know what an L is like. Cheers
My Bru, Rad video, really informative. I gotta get on the Insurgent sometime. They are pretty rare this side :(. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity on the next trip.
Thanks Wayne! It’s pretty hard to get on them here too because they are a direct to consumer, but OTE is like the only place I know where you can ride one!
I like the colour of this bad boy. It looks like a beast. Strange it wasn't boost for 2017. The best part is the top tube sticker though. That thing just completes the whole build! 😂
Yea boi : ) Glad to see I am keeping ya outfitted with lots of JF Rides swag. So happy we could workout our 2019 sponsorship agreement. #JFRIDESAMBASSADOR
Always good to have a bash guard! I thought I didn't need one.... until I bashed my chain-ring. Luckily I had a skeletool with pliers and straightened out the one tooth on the chain-ring that was popping the chain off every revolution. I always wondered what was holding your cables together . I thought it was some orange neoprene or something on your early videos
The bash guard has definitely saved me alot of money running around in the desert and keeps us from having to walk our bikes! But electrical tape, this was before the shrink tube revolution, but the good part is you dont have to take the cables and brake lines apart! Thanks zer0!
the cable managed is as good as it can be. but not fan of internal cable routing, but I like external routing, something like Nicolai does I think is the best solution. they mounts that go over the cables on the top of down tube and have cable holders on the chain stays, to me they look like some of the easiest bikes to work on, swapping brakes or gears is simple just unscrew clamp and mount and take everything off in one go.
The external routing is so much easier to work with which I'm all for honestly! PLUS you eliminate the cable rattle, in my yeti I have the downtube stuff with yard fabric, then I realized my brake pad were rattling!
Very thorough bike check, like you built it or something! You failed to mention the brand of valve cap you have on that rig, the ones you have look like they weigh a ton, don't you worry about weight balance when you ride, what the world?? Said in my JF Rides voice.........
Johannes Nilsen good to see ya in the comments! Yes! Knowing where you live it makes too much sense to clean the bike everyday. I’m a desert rat, we don’t have to do it!
Awesome review! I've always been a one-bike-dude but I am currently in the "process" of building up a top secret 2nd bike that's more suitable for XC trails. 🤫 With your Evil, does it have any particular handling trait that you feel it excels in?
I went with Chris King BB cus I don't have to uninstall it to grease it, so no punching or pressing stuff out, just remove cip and seal, just inserting tool and grease gun to tool. but it's not cheap. but I can use a torque wrench and a tool that goes over the bb to install or remove, super easy. but pressfit is easy for me too, but but has been problematic for me on my fuel ex, the BB is eating the BB shell, metal shavings come out. but the cheaper old hardtail from 2010 with BSA 73mm worked fine. but not on my Fuel ex, I use race face junk there. but none of my bikes fit me well, so need to get new bike this year.
I heard those are pretty solid and being able to grease would make a big difference. I'm kind of annoyed that shimano changed the size of their most recent models to require an adapter. When the PF bottom bracket goes out on my yeti I might try to replace with a CK
@@OutdoorGold it seems like there are two option when it comes to bearings Chris King or SKF. Race face bearings are a joke, so are FSA, crushed in few weeks on one of my fuel ex bikes, the other one wore fast. not tried SKF, but the reputation is good. I know some brands use SKF in their BBs thin kit was superstar components. but the ease of use of Chris King is great, I don't know if there are other options that offer this feature.
@@OutdoorGold so far I have had great sucsess with Turbine & atlas cranks, Sixc 35 bars, but the preload collar on the cranks are a joke, nylon with wood screw, absurd, but I upgraded to cane creek preload collar, it worked well, much more secure, spins easier, and bolt does not round off. But BB & atlas stem are not great.
@@mtbboy1993 YES! I'm glad somebody else know the atlas stem sucks! I had three they all broke and race face didn't want to warranty them. Ridiculous. The Sixc have been solid, the turbine, mine lasted 2 weeks. I'm done with Raceface!
That black vinyl protection on the swingarm are awful ,at least put some transparent one,but for what I see you don't bother to much for the appearance,just my opinion:)
I think finding music is the hardest part, and then using the songs is the second hardest part. I dont know if i should play the same song over and over or keep changing.
@@OutdoorGold not everyone has the same taste, I am rock,blue rock blues, (some) metal guy. but some like to have absurdly loud techno which his torture.
You can thank @e_normous.c for this one, I think he requested the evil bike check. Anyway how many bikes do you have in your fleet? And how do you split the love so everyone feels equally happy? lol
I have 2 bikes. Split up into training and fun. They both get around the same amount of attention, balance is a necessity.
@@antiherobc Whats the second bike? I know you have the Ibis.
If my wife asks I have 2 bikes. I almost always ride my Marin Attack Trail Pro. It is longer travel and I kinda ride stupid so it saves my ass. I have a Marin Hawk Hill too, but she gets little love. Hope she don't step out on me 🤨
Thanks again for the Shout Out. I have 2. A Pivot Mach 6 and a Specialized Fuse hardtail plus bike. I have one for shuttle and park days and my hardtail for all my local XC trails here in central WA. 🤙🤙
@@ericcontreras8863 always have to give credit where credit is due! Thanks Eric!
Love the vid man!!!!! It was nice to get an in depth look on your view! Gotta ask, what was that intro song?
Just bought this frame, might make an eMTB
Definitely need to keep the color.
I'm changing my channel name to "Slimeball MTB" lol
@@OutdoorGold next time we ride you can use that bike so we can match
@@mtbingadventures1551 I was thinking that watching Brian's video, that we had identical colors!
@@mtbingadventures1551 But you had the other color first so apparently I was copying you!
@@OutdoorGold it's just such a cool color. I think everyone is jealous when they see my bike. I do need some touch up though. Can't find any. That might be a good video. Touch up paint for mountain bikes and where to get it.
So no lie I like your Evil better than your Yeti. The color is fantastic! This was a killer bike check. Leave it to you to make a bike check so damn interesting. Well done! My buddy just got an Offering so I’ll get to take an evil for a spin.
The Offering looks super well rounded so you buddy should like it, but I definitely don’t think it super cedes the Switchblade, Pivot is high on my list of the boutique brands! Thank Travis and congrats on being accepted to Mayo!
@@OutdoorGold I love my Pivot! There is no doubt! and thanks man I'm pretty stoked on Mayo, other than being transplanted away from the mountains! To answer your original comment question, I have 4 bikes in my fleet. I don;t equally share the love. My Pivot and my fixed gear definitely get the most love. I love my hardtail, but Its reserved for crazy long climbing/ miles day and for XC racing, otherwise I can't help but grab the Pivot. My road bike is sick too and I think once I'm in Minnesota it will get a lot more use (is that a good thing?).
I would change the bars, brakes , shifters , drivetrain, frame color, dropper , saddle , pedals , cranks , wheels , hubs , spokes , but really like the water bottle. Just joking man it's pretty damn sweet - nice job.
Well said Thim!!! 😆
Great videos, RC !! Have you done a full review on the Catalyst pedals ? I would be really interested in your long term thoughts on this product. Your review on the Revgrips helped with my decision try them out. I just put my order in today!
I wrote a script for the Catalyst pedals a couple months ago but will probably make the video this fall. Spoilers, I can't quit them and from a performance standpoint they are the best flats I've ever had in my opinion. But, you definitely want soft contact shoes like 5Tens that have alot of positive contact with them or else they'll get a little rough on the shins. Outside of that, the arch support is where it's at.
@@OutdoorGold Thank you for the quick response. I already have 5Ten Freeriders & 5Ten Kestrals for my CB Mallet-E. I have been switching back and forth between clips & flats trying to find a less fatiguing solution for my legs and feet. The Catalysts seem to have that arch support and give more stability. Thanks for your info and I am looking forward to your video review !!
@@phantomrider86 The Catalysts will require a "break in" period, well, basically you'll have to break into them. It works a whole muscle group and involves the whole leg, making it more difficult to "sprint" at first, but it spreads the work so its not just your calves and quads that get the workout, but the entire leg gets more involved IMO.
Over the edge is the best bike store I’ve been!! Demoed my wreckoning there before I bought one.
OTE has been very good to me, I have a very good relationship with them and Ruby Canyon!
Hey RC, thanks for giving a call-out to us at OTE in Fruita.
🤘🤘🤘🤘
If you want different brakes, try Hope E4’s you won’t regret it
My feeling wouldn't be hurt to try those!
The beginning of April I am flying from The Netherlands ( where i live ) to Moab, for two weeks of mtb, I’ll bring my own Intense Spider275 with Hope brakes on them. You can try them out if you want
I am giving you the platinum comment! That is the highest award given by AZDirtlife. 😎
wo.....wa...........WOW!!!!! Ken.......I'm speechless!!!!!! LOL I don't think I'm good enough to accept this award!
Nice to check out other people rides! I’ve got a bunch of bikes but they each serve kind of a specific purpose. Fatbike for the winter, hardtail 29r for the local trails and long travel 27.5 for bike parks and traveling.
Thanks Yahner! There is always another bike that really excels at a different discipline like golf clubs!
I have been wondering about that bike that I saw appearing in some of your videos. Great explanations and too bad about fox. I can't wait to hear about your experience with the PNW Bachelor. I just got one too and I can't wait until I can ride again and try it out. Great bike check!
Thanks a bunch Eric! I've never had much luck with fox and race face warranty so I'm disappointed a bit with those guys, but to each their own. So far I like the PNW Bachelor alot, I definitely have high hopes for their newest model.
You referenced a "strap on" and said symbiotic all in the same video! Impressive!
hahaha when I was looking for that mount I went into the Over The Edge and said loudly "do you guys have a strap on.......waterbottle cage mount!!!!" LOL their reaction was obvious!
So glad i found this footage. About to build a bike, I'm between SB6 and Insurgent, demoed the yeti but leaning toweards evil for some reasons you mentioned like chaninguide, threaded bb.. and MRP ribbon is going on it! may i know what size are you? any big diferences between the two ? thanks , happy riding
Yep, me personally I prefer my SB6 over the insurgent because of the pedaling platform, but thats probably because my local trails require that. But on the downhill, I like the Insurgent. Huge fan of threaded bb and linkage design on the Evil models, but I feel the yeti delivers better performance. I personally think you should hold it to a budget decision where I feel the Insurgent might deliver better long time value.
Good walk through and cool frankenbike, like most o us ride these days. LOL I really like my PNW Bach dropper too, just need to add the Loam Lever. I picked up on the Van Halenesque outro music, good stuff!
hahaha all my bike are frankenbikes! Its apparently a necessary evil! lol hahaha the music pool! Its so random, I just sit here and contemplate what should go where! lol
170mm! Dayum! Cheers kid.
Thanks ya ole man! This little shit needs a lot of cushion with the 170mm to break the fall! hahaha
@@OutdoorGold Keep up the great work you little shit... :)
Mountain Bike Advice, I don't have anything set in stone, but my goal is to ride in Phoenix a couple day before the Sedona Mountain Bike fest. If I can make it happen, you're invited
@@OutdoorGold Love to if I'm in town, let me know, thanks for the invite! Cheers!
Hey dude, how tall are you to ride the large?- I know they are supposedly quite large as it goes but I'm looking at an XL and want to know what an L is like.
Cheers
My Bru, Rad video, really informative. I gotta get on the Insurgent sometime. They are pretty rare this side :(. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity on the next trip.
Thanks Wayne! It’s pretty hard to get on them here too because they are a direct to consumer, but OTE is like the only place I know where you can ride one!
Great back up bike. I've been in the market for a large 17 insurgent frame to build up with all my leftovers.
You can buy mine if you want! 😁 😆
Sick bike as far as backup bikes go.
Thanks Joey, it gets the business done!
I like the colour of this bad boy. It looks like a beast. Strange it wasn't boost for 2017. The best part is the top tube sticker though. That thing just completes the whole build! 😂
The sticker is probably the best part of the bike. In fact, I haven't wrecked once since installing it!
@@OutdoorGold Damn you must have got the real Magic one! 🎩 I fall off more with my one installed!
Love your content. Keep it up!
Thanks a bunch Jason! Always love the support!
Yea boi : ) Glad to see I am keeping ya outfitted with lots of JF Rides swag. So happy we could workout our 2019 sponsorship agreement. #JFRIDESAMBASSADOR
I forgot to add the JF Rides card!!! Lets fix that! JF Rides is the first and only sponsor of Outdoor Gold! Thanks James!
Hey, where is the ambassador application form?
I love bike checks! ;)
LOL Congrats on making the thumbnail!
@@OutdoorGold I don't see me anywhere
Huntstyle the PA said you should get your vision checked!
@@OutdoorGold I have the vision of an NFL referee!
LOL hahahahaha Ed Hochulli is my spirit animal!
How is the bike not modern? It’s only 4 years old? And that frame hasn’t changed much on the new ones
Always good to have a bash guard! I thought I didn't need one.... until I bashed my chain-ring. Luckily I had a skeletool with pliers and straightened out the one tooth on the chain-ring that was popping the chain off every revolution. I always wondered what was holding your cables together . I thought it was some orange neoprene or something on your early videos
The bash guard has definitely saved me alot of money running around in the desert and keeps us from having to walk our bikes! But electrical tape, this was before the shrink tube revolution, but the good part is you dont have to take the cables and brake lines apart! Thanks zer0!
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Nice ride! I learned that 'rim diameter/tire width' issue the hard way last season - ouch.
Seriously! Hahaha it took about 4 washouts for me to get the message on that one! Thanks crj Moto!
the cable managed is as good as it can be.
but not fan of internal cable routing, but I like external routing, something like Nicolai does I think is the best solution. they mounts that go over the cables on the top of down tube and have cable holders on the chain stays, to me they look like some of the easiest bikes to work on, swapping brakes or gears is simple just unscrew clamp and mount and take everything off in one go.
The external routing is so much easier to work with which I'm all for honestly! PLUS you eliminate the cable rattle, in my yeti I have the downtube stuff with yard fabric, then I realized my brake pad were rattling!
With how much you ride #2, one would think it's #1 🤔😉
The Crashing Dad = #1 hahahaha mountain bike rider 1 MTBR1
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Very thorough bike check, like you built it or something! You failed to mention the brand of valve cap you have on that rig, the ones you have look like they weigh a ton, don't you worry about weight balance when you ride, what the world?? Said in my JF Rides voice.........
LOL hahaha I would have mentioned the brand of valve caps, but SADLY, I seriously lost both caps today after checking my air. I'm now in the market!
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I clean my bike after every ride in the winter, cus of salt, also greasing the spoke holes, nipples, to avoid corrosion and cracked rims.
Johannes Nilsen good to see ya in the comments! Yes! Knowing where you live it makes too much sense to clean the bike everyday. I’m a desert rat, we don’t have to do it!
If I lived somewhere really wet I would clean it everyday though!
And if it rains here and it get muddy, the mud basically turns it into a hardtail, world class clay!
@@OutdoorGold I don't do it every day in the summer, but I keep the drivetrain clean it takes few seconds, as well as stanchions.
@@mtbboy1993 I kind of just brush off the stanchion a bit and get the bad stuff off the drivetrain, anything that save me some cash!
Awesome review! I've always been a one-bike-dude but I am currently in the "process" of building up a top secret 2nd bike that's more suitable for XC trails. 🤫
With your Evil, does it have any particular handling trait that you feel it excels in?
Ohhhh, I was unaware of this next rig! I would say this bike excels at straight line descents and making them feel real nice!
151 inch travel :)
forget that 1 mm! lol
That front brake cable is out of control! Zip tie that thing!
Hahaha there it is! 😆 thanks BV!
I went with Chris King BB cus I don't have to uninstall it to grease it, so no punching or pressing stuff out, just remove cip and seal, just inserting tool and grease gun to tool. but it's not cheap. but I can use a torque wrench and a tool that goes over the bb to install or remove, super easy. but pressfit is easy for me too, but but has been problematic for me on my fuel ex, the BB is eating the BB shell, metal shavings come out. but the cheaper old hardtail from 2010 with BSA 73mm worked fine.
but not on my Fuel ex, I use race face junk there.
but none of my bikes fit me well, so need to get new bike this year.
I heard those are pretty solid and being able to grease would make a big difference. I'm kind of annoyed that shimano changed the size of their most recent models to require an adapter. When the PF bottom bracket goes out on my yeti I might try to replace with a CK
@@OutdoorGold it seems like there are two option when it comes to bearings Chris King or SKF. Race face bearings are a joke, so are FSA, crushed in few weeks on one of my fuel ex bikes, the other one wore fast. not tried SKF, but the reputation is good. I know some brands use SKF in their BBs thin kit was superstar components. but the ease of use of Chris King is great, I don't know if there are other options that offer this feature.
@@mtbboy1993 Race Face sucks! Everything I've ever purchaced from them prematurely broke!
@@OutdoorGold so far I have had great sucsess with Turbine & atlas cranks, Sixc 35 bars, but the preload collar on the cranks are a joke, nylon with wood screw, absurd, but I upgraded to cane creek preload collar, it worked well, much more secure, spins easier, and bolt does not round off. But BB & atlas stem are not great.
@@mtbboy1993 YES! I'm glad somebody else know the atlas stem sucks! I had three they all broke and race face didn't want to warranty them. Ridiculous. The Sixc have been solid, the turbine, mine lasted 2 weeks. I'm done with Raceface!
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That black vinyl protection on the swingarm are awful ,at least put some transparent one,but for what I see you don't bother to much for the appearance,just my opinion:)
If everything goes as planned, this thing will be all scratched up and totally trashed in no time!
Damn it RC, why don’t you do something with those long cables on this bike. Can’t stand it. 🤣
LOL hahahaha setting the internet ablaze!!!! Thanks Kris!
Music was not too bad, melodic guitar. reminds me of Eric Clapton, but not quite.
I think finding music is the hardest part, and then using the songs is the second hardest part. I dont know if i should play the same song over and over or keep changing.
@@OutdoorGold not everyone has the same taste, I am rock,blue rock blues, (some) metal guy. but some like to have absurdly loud techno which his torture.
hahaha I've been trying to mix it up but all the royalty free music is hard to work around lol
@@mtbboy1993 what if I enjoy absurdly loud techno?
@@huntstyle The PA also said you need to get your hearing checked!
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Those cables are perfect for close lining hikers! 😂 jk
LOL hahahaha Hikers and tree magnets! LOL well played MTB Kevin!