Upgrade Your Mountain Bike | Where to Spend Your $$$
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Whether you are riding this awesome Siskiu T7 or any MTB under $2k, it may be confusing where to get the most bang for your buck when upgrading. We put together some tips where you can start to make the most of you money and bike.
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I already had a whole table full of new upgrade parts waiting by the time I received my Siskiu T7. And certain items that were stock actually surprised me too. This week my bike is 2 years old now and still working out great. 🤙
Aside from wheels I pretty much rode mine stock. Love this bike
@@StraightLine_MTB The upgrade I havent done yet that I've been wanting to do is put a Lyrik on up front. However, I did two season of bike park already and those stock 35mm wide Entity rims actually held up surprisingly well in gnarly black diamond tech trails. I swapped the tires out right away because I didnt like the Hans Dampfs, and, I also swapped the rear 2-piston brake out for a 4 piston and got bigger rotors and metallic brake pads - that improved the braking significantly.
That’s some good advice bro. Wheels always make a huge difference, then suspension and definitely don’t forget the dropper!
In this case the stock wheels are very heavy so saving weight in wheels is money well spent. Thanks for watching
I am upgrading my bike in the same line as you described but I am not weight conscious I am looking at performance, looks, and price. Great video.
Great advice and very tasteful upgrades. I’d love to see some before and after data on the bike after the upgrades (both feel opinions and actual times) could make for a cool video. Either way, thanks a ton!
I planned on addressing the difference in parts in our final review. I will see what we can do on the time comparison, great idea. Thanks for watching!
I did the same thing. Started upgrading my D7 and realized I made it a non budget bike lol. Ended up selling it and building a vitus escarpe. Wasn't budget but I ended up with all the parts I wanted. Great video brotha🤙
Yeah it gets addictive with upgrades. Sometimes if you love the frame it can be worth it lol. Thanks for watching
Tubeless and better tires / tyres as a basic upgrade and then wheels as you say 1k on a set of DT Swiss XM1700's, they are ace wheels. Then brakes. the rest can wait - cassettes, chain's are consumable's and replace them when the others have worn out.
Then if you have some time + cash, spend it on travelling to new trails and learning new skills.
You nailed it Shaun. Extra cash saved for trips can be the best Money spent.
losing bodyweight is so much cheaper than buying upgrades!
True but lighter wheels and tires is a great place to loose weight on a bike. Lower rotational mass is hard to replicate with body weight loss. Thanks for watching
@@StraightLine_MTB how does the bike fit? I'm 177cm or just under 5'10", with an inseam of 81cm or 32" inseam and I'm right on the border of M and L on the bicycle online size chart. For road bikes I usually follow the mantra that you can make a small bike bigger with spacers / stems etc, but you can't make a big bike smaller. Right now they only have a large available in Aus, and not sure if I should pull the trigger!
@@steinanderson9849 I'm a touch under 6' on the large. At 5'10" I think I'd probably go medium as thi is a long bike. You could go large but you may not get the poppier character of the bike.
Hey man, stumbled across your review on the Ripley AF. Really dig your reviews, I'm a subscriber now. I have a question. I just started a travel nursing job where I'll be traveling all over the US 13 weeks at a time. I currently own a Surly Karate Monkey steel hardtail and looking to upgrade to a full SUS, my knees are starting to feel it. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on a bike that would handle a variety of trails I'll be riding across the US. I'm 53 y/o in good shape and a good rider, but I won't be sending any giant jumps, just like to go fast and not being killed on the climbs. Thanks man, love the channel.
Awesome Terry, excited you were able to find us. Great question and something I was thinking of doing a video on. After riding several bikes in all travel categories I'm finding the 140mm bikes have been some of my favorites. Of course that differs bike to bike but for me seems like the goldilocks travel segment. What is your budget? Carbon, while more $, offers lighter weight and rear end stiffness I appreciate. The new stumpjumper or occam come to mind. Never ridden the stumpy but the occam is great. One bike I've been eyeing is the Evil Offering V2. Ripmo V2 is another bike that will be a great do all with great climbing. On the bigger side, Transition Sentinel V2 climbs well for it's size and will get you down just fine. So many great options. If I was pinned down to pick a "one" bike out of all the bikes I've ridden recently, while hard, probably between the Spectral 29 CF8 and Transition Sentinel V2 for a bigger bike. For a shorter travel I'd probably go carbon Occam with 150mm fork.
@@StraightLine_MTB Thanks for the reply I really appreciate it. A lot of UA-camrs seem to be saying the shorter travel trail bikes like the Ibis Ripley, Transition Spur, Santa Cruz Tallboy seem to be the one that does it all. Do you think those bikes would get to overwhelmed on some of the trails across the US? I'm real curios about the bikes you mentioned, I thought they be too to slow on the more flow trails and less tech trails, but that's why I'm asking you. Thanks again. Would love to see you do a quiver killer review.
The Bike is built for the new rider so the wheels and other components are beefy for longevity, the payoff for that is weight
I think price has more to do with it. While the component spec on this bike is an excellent value, wheels on less expensive bikes are heavy and of lower quality due to price point. Not a knock on the bike as it has more to do with price point. A lighter $900 wheelset will most likely take more abuse than something like the stock wheels on this bike...at least that is my experience.
Thanks for watching John.
I noticed you reviewed the Riftzone aswell which would you prefer the siskiu t8 it the Riftzone 3?
Great question. I think the Siskiu is a better climber and the Rift Zone is the better descender. Marin and Polygon are under the same umbrella so you will see a lot of similarities in quality and finish. Value is close as well with the edge going to Polygon. I would also imagine that you will get better support from the Marin side. Both are great but if I had to choose between the 2 I would probably go with the Polygon as I think it is a fun bike at a great price.
Can you make some specifications.. i just bought the same bike but i would like to know the size of the bar and the stem
Stem is 50mm 35 clamp and bars are 780.
I think the most important upgrades are wheels(hunt trail wide v2), fork (pike select/ultimate) and brakes(slx 4p), and perhaps Oneup bars and Slx crank. Any more and I think your better off with a higher end bike, but to be honest, you are still way undercutting those bikes with these upgrades.
I agree, as the upgrade bug continues it can price you up to better models. With the T7 wheels and brakes are a great start as the stock parts are similar to the T8.
rockshox deluxe tune?
wish you had some links for all of us
Links are difficult as sometimes websites change. I'd be happy to add one if you had something in minded.
do you think i could put a 150mm fork shox on this bike?
First I would recommend asking Polygon if it will void the warranty. Past that I don't think 150mm fork is a bad idea. It will slacken the head tube angle fir more confidence. Yet it will also slacken the seat tube a little. If you're looking for more confidence in the rough stuff then it can be worthwhile upgrade. Even just going with a Pike select or similar will drop a noticeable amount of weight and perform better.
Are they carbon rims?
No, the XM1700 are aluminum. They are DT Swiss' highest end all mountain aluminum wheelset. Ride great. Light, and strong.