Howdy Sickbiker,greetings to Poland.You look great for 39 years old.Cycling definitely keeps one looking young.I ride a Merida also,just put a Rockshox Reba air shox on my bike,what an incredible difference between coil spring and air oil fork.Thanks for the awesome channel. Cheers.
i love watching your videos, mainly because of your passion. i can 100% feel your videos. keep on going, and keep on loving bikes like you do. its really inspirational to watch you talking about bikes.
Congratulations Danny ! Dt swiss wheels are amazing and really high quality the same goes for the suspension that dt swiss makes although the damping and overall performance is lacking a bit it is still higher quality compered to fox , rockshox and lefty. The lockout that dt swiss has is infact used by many professional riders like Jordan Sarou and Titouan Carod
Great review and very nice reliability / durability ! Rarely hear about Merida in US, at least when it comes to MB's. Much appreciate that XL size is truly an XL. Overall, do you like this better than the Scott Spark ?
Hi there just have a quick glace at the channel of Evan Handyside I found that you guys look preety alike . Great video though . Hope I've made your day. Cheers
Great Video, keep up the good work. You motivated me to get into XC-Racing but I struggle with finding the right bike. You usually recommend bikes at the lower price end so I am not sure what to buy. I just tested a Canyon lux and it felt amazing. But it's not on stock in XL size since months. So I might consider buying a Hardtail Cube Reaction C:62 One (Full XTR spec). It seems like the cube got insanely good value for the money (2.250€) and the lux (Nx drivetrain, sram level) with 2.600€ seems not worth waiting for. Also I wanna use the bike for daily rides (40kms) on 30% tarmac and 70% soft wood floor. And as some guys already mentioned is the XTR wearing out faster because it's more lightweight than a XT / NX / GX drivetrain. You always got the most honest answers due to not being sponsored and your experience as a Pro.
Friend, Cube is not bike which you should consider as a bike at all. Even geometry is horrible and not racy. Write me message when you’ll buy your bike and how do you feel after first races.
@@norwegiantroll2480 I think about selling the frame after a year and get a lux frame. The thing is the Bikesstores here are super expensive and not worth the money at all if u don't got insanely high budget. Fahrrad.de is like the only website where you can find deals that are acceptable.
@@normeeens421 , so do you think it will be cheaper? What country do you live? P.S. Didn't you check other similar bikes from Centurion, Merida, Radon etc?
@@norwegiantroll2480 Germany, Size XL is already sold out mostly. And canyon Exceed or lux are my favourite bikes of choice but they are sold out after they got back in stock.
Think Parktool are the only ones who have told the truth about expensive and light bikes. Light bikes mean less materials, less materials means they wear out faster. Expensive does not mean better quality just lighter parts.
Cedric Lance Sison i went from 2x to 1x. With 11 speed cassete you dont realy need 2x. But i would recomend upgading to the xt shifter (not much expensive), just because the double release.
hey, if i can kind of asnwer from my experience dropper will make steep stuff much better and you have more space etc.. but fullsus will help you save energy on bumpy courses. i would personally go fo HT with dropper or full sus and buy dropper after, for me it is worth the weight. cheers
@@norwegiantroll2480 Yes, I do. In fact, I have a similar build of my XC bike. By the way the tips for setting up XX1 Eagle and RS-1 are realy helpfull for me.
Does this mean we're going to get some more race commentary soon??? :D I'm so excited!
Congratulations on placing 2nd!
Howdy Sickbiker,greetings to Poland.You look great for 39 years old.Cycling definitely keeps one looking young.I ride a Merida also,just put a Rockshox Reba air shox on my bike,what an incredible difference between coil spring and air oil fork.Thanks for the awesome channel. Cheers.
i love watching your videos, mainly because of your passion. i can 100% feel your videos. keep on going, and keep on loving bikes like you do. its really inspirational to watch you talking about bikes.
Congrats master danny.... i really like your every video...
In Czech we have many tracks like the one in Nové Město.
Congratulations Danny ! Dt swiss wheels are amazing and really high quality the same goes for the suspension that dt swiss makes although the damping and overall performance is lacking a bit it is still higher quality compered to fox , rockshox and lefty. The lockout that dt swiss has is infact used by many professional riders like Jordan Sarou and Titouan Carod
The upside down fork looks like it would be a good idea. Kind of strange that some version of it hasn’t taken over the industry.
Yeah I think having one less bridge between the legs is what's making it a challenge. Really like my RS1 though, plenty stiff for XC.
Lefty?
Всякие байки I was just thinking of that. I really like the Lefty.
Actualy,sram abandon that system
Do you mean before RS was independent?
Great review and very nice reliability / durability ! Rarely hear about Merida in US, at least when it comes to MB's. Much appreciate that XL size is truly an XL. Overall, do you like this better than the Scott Spark ?
My Merida HT has over 12k km and still the same BB, my CX has over 7k km and works like new!
In what country and conditions do you use your mtb?
Nice review. Save thoughts about Level. I have TL version and still didn't change.
30.9 seatpost helps you use most of available droppers.
Hi there just have a quick glace at the channel of Evan Handyside I found that you guys look preety alike . Great video though . Hope I've made your day. Cheers
Great Video, keep up the good work. You motivated me to get into XC-Racing but I struggle with finding the right bike. You usually recommend bikes at the lower price end so I am not sure what to buy. I just tested a Canyon lux and it felt amazing. But it's not on stock in XL size since months. So I might consider buying a Hardtail Cube Reaction C:62 One (Full XTR spec). It seems like the cube got insanely good value for the money (2.250€) and the lux (Nx drivetrain, sram level) with 2.600€ seems not worth waiting for. Also I wanna use the bike for daily rides (40kms) on 30% tarmac and 70% soft wood floor. And as some guys already mentioned is the XTR wearing out faster because it's more lightweight than a XT / NX / GX drivetrain. You always got the most honest answers due to not being sponsored and your experience as a Pro.
Friend, Cube is not bike which you should consider as a bike at all. Even geometry is horrible and not racy.
Write me message when you’ll buy your bike and how do you feel after first races.
@@norwegiantroll2480 I think about selling the frame after a year and get a lux frame. The thing is the Bikesstores here are super expensive and not worth the money at all if u don't got insanely high budget. Fahrrad.de is like the only website where you can find deals that are acceptable.
@@normeeens421 , so do you think it will be cheaper? What country do you live? P.S. Didn't you check other similar bikes from Centurion, Merida, Radon etc?
@@norwegiantroll2480 Germany, Size XL is already sold out mostly. And canyon Exceed or lux are my favourite bikes of choice but they are sold out after they got back in stock.
Congratulations
So if Team is too expensive, what level of Merida XC bikes would give the most bang for the buck?
High grade parts with alu frame or cheap grade parts with entry level carbon frame, I think it is CF1
Merida Big ninety six 9 or 7 carbon xt
For beginner he reccomends merida big 9 lite i think
Hi, Merida XC hardtails are good, or bad?
10 kg thats very good
7.999€ 2019 model
Think Parktool are the only ones who have told the truth about expensive and light bikes. Light bikes mean less materials, less materials means they wear out faster. Expensive does not mean better quality just lighter parts.
True except for suspension
Hi Danny! I'd like to ask a question,I'm planning to upgrade my groupset on my xc bike to a shimano slx m7000 should I get 1x or 2x? Thanks
Cedric Lance Sison i went from 2x to 1x. With 11 speed cassete you dont realy need 2x. But i would recomend upgading to the xt shifter (not much expensive), just because the double release.
@@nicolasbozzo2364 thanks for the advice appreciate it
Hi, man! Don’t you make onboard anymore?
Hi Danny, what do you think about dropper post in XC ? Could you compare hardtail with dropper post vs full suspension bike ?
hey, if i can kind of asnwer from my experience dropper will make steep stuff much better and you have more space etc.. but fullsus will help you save energy on bumpy courses. i would personally go fo HT with dropper or full sus and buy dropper after, for me it is worth the weight. cheers
Dropper also have non-riding benefits like easier transportation of your bike
Почему вы не общаетесь по-русски, пацаны?
@@norwegiantroll2480 потому что это английский канал? Чувак видосы тоже не на польском пишет 😀
Good job
12 speed chains need to be swapped more often. If you use the smallest cogs at all a worn chain will kill them very fast
Yikes 3 years no maintenance is an interesting test for the RS1, but I'd dare not risk wearing out such a nice fork. Want mine to last.
Hi, where is that bike made?
Merida is a brand, that has their own factory in Taiwan. They also own 50% of Specialized.
Look at my horse,
My horse is amazing=)
Are you fun of this channel?
@@norwegiantroll2480 Yes, I do. In fact, I have a similar build of my XC bike. By the way the tips for setting up XX1 Eagle and RS-1 are realy helpfull for me.
👍
Thought you were sponsored by Merida
I think Merida will make a maintenance for him for free
Model 2019 costs 7.999€
Lol
i think your country is dry. if you are here is south east asia, the bearings will be dead already.
If you got this bike for testing, taht means exactly you sponsored by merida :D