Can This Bike Pass The ULTIMATE Test? | This Was a NIGHTMARE
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2022
- In this video I will be Riding my Polygon Siskiu D6 at Apex Park in Golden Colorado
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65 year old grinder love the Poly n9 beast ,sold it to my riding friend .I ride a Diamond back Atroz. Now we rock til we drop.
Another Solid Ride... I think 2 bikes are great to have .. a hard tail and a full suspension.. best of both worlds.. keep the content going 💥👌🏻
Respect for keeping it real and showing all the behind the scenes repairs. Amazing to see what the D6 is capable of with a tire upgrade!
Great example why you have to the bolt check before a ride…will start doing that now.
"This trail is gnarly. I'm not a big fan" also me on every rooty rocky trail
Nice back yard!!!!
Cleaning and servicing your bike is key if you want it to be running smoothly!
Those bike issues in the beginning were scary, but I'm glad you got all of that sorted out.
Just one of those days. Awesome to justin shredding. Congrats on that 12k!!
Yeah, that trail is beyond my pay grade 😀. Great riding though. I hope to get out this Saturday for a ride.
What’s up Matty? Awesome acrobatic moves brother! Yesterday I picked up a hard tail Polygon Cascade 4 I traded in my old Scott 26er and now have my first 27.5 as a partner for Marlin 7. Can’t wait to get out today and roll 27.5 just to see if that is my true sweet spot as far as bike tires size goes. Have a great day sir. #PedalPower
Thank you for taking us along on your adventures keep up the good work
I rode apex and enchanted forest/magic mountain on my Polygon D7 last month. I agree with you, it’s a tough one on a short travel bike. Most of the bikes I saw on it were in the 150mm+ range. I still enjoyed it, but was pushing not only the bikes limits but my own as well 😅
Love to see more content on the polygon D6. Looks like a great bike.
Doing trails like that you need quality components that wont let you down and will get you home .The polygon has served you well but things are breaking and bolts are getting loose time to move it on a TREK FUEL awaits
You learned from it 😁. Nice work nice video AND back flups. Who knew😂
Loving your good energy, positive vibes and can-do attitude my guy. Keep pedaling.
Thank you Bronson I really appreciate it!
Sick riding 🤙🏾💯 quick bolt check before and after each ride should cut down some of the maintenance issues. I made it down half a trail with my rear rotor screw missing 😰 Great video Matty 💪🏾
Howdy! Down with the sickness (cvd19) & came across your videos. You’re rippin’!!
I love the chunky tech stuff!!
From North Ga ya hear.
Yep...I'd be switching out the MTB shoes for a pair of Merrels for that trail. 😆
Glad to see that the Polygon can handle that kind of terrain, though. Well done! 👌
By the way, did you ever meet up with the owner of the dogs. 😆 The way they were just chilling, looking all comfortable, I thought for sure they were yours until you mentioned otherwise.
That was hilarious. 😆
Take care and thanks for sharing.
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There are people that are doing jumps with loose wheels, and that's not a problem of the bike, the problem it's between the seat and the handlebar 😁😅 Get the torque wrench that I'm sure you don't have, and tight your bike at the specs (in some bolts you could use blue loctite and they are not gonna lose), make sure your transmission is working fine, your fork, your wheels. But if you don't do it, you are gonna have many scary episodes. You got great upgradable bikes, great ride.
Mixing it up with the Polygon, nice!
The thing is that polygon is a cross country bike and even if it’s full sus, the trek roscoe 9 is going to perform a lot better in the rough stuff because it’s a full out hardcore trail bike. So that polygon is good but it’s good at maybe the longer rides with a lot of pedaling than the shorter more technical trails
Nice video and riding! Apex is brutal lol. You climb 1800 ft just to get punished by 1800 rocks.
Great ride! The video quality was amazing, maybe you can make a future video about your camera setup and settings
Thank you! I could do that for sure
You need to go tubeless brother! I hate those days when everything goes wrong. I had one of those last week. I got really mad but cooled off and did a big ride that night...lol
Always check your bike over before you go for a ride. I always clean my bike if needed after a ride and lube the chain then double check bolts before a ride, it saves you a lot of hassle.
I love Apex :) But it is not hardtail or short travel friendly. A big travel bike, even a 150ish travel bike will absolutely fly through most of those rock gardens on Apex. You should demo a bigger travel bike on that trail, just to see how those chunky trails can be fun on the right bike. As you like to stay budget, my recommendations for bikes to try would be Ibis Ripmo AF, Specialized Stumpjumper EVO in an alloy build, or the Rocky Mountain Altitude A30 (their entry level build on this bike), or a Commencal Meta AM (go down a frame size on the Commencal, trust me).
Nice.
You and Ozzie Smith :)
Man I felt every bump.
Cool videos
Damn if that's rough on a full sus imagine how beat up your body would be on the HT lol
Hi Matty, great content as always. Keep it up bud... random question tho, what are your thoughts on the X Caliber 9? I'm thinking of getting one.
I think the X Caliber 9 is awesome bike especially if you’re gonna be doing mostly XC trails
I didn't know the D6 had boost through axle.
I had the exact same issues with the rear derailleur on my siskiu d7. I went to take off my rear wheel and the derailleur was all loose cause a bolt was missing.
Oh wow. Glad to know I wasn’t the only one
@@MattyActive yeah I found a random bolt in my garage and it worked and it’s fixed now
I know you like shorter travel bikes, but that chunky trail seemed rough. My hands hurts watching. I picked the Stumpy EVO over the Stumpy for that very reason. We have chunky trails here in West Oregon, and I wanted some extra squish.
It was definitely too rough for this bike. I don’t usually ride these kinds of trails, some of my friends talk me into tho sometimes 😅
Love the Polygon content! I am looking to get a beginner MTB and I live in AZ where the trails are rocky & similar to this one. Would you recommend the Polygon Siskiu or Trek Roscoe? Looking to stay under $1.5k
If you’re looking around that price range, I would definitely go for the polygon. Especially since your trails are rocky.
@@MattyActive fantastic, thank you for your feedback! 👍🏼
Keep practicing on that nasty trail and work on slaying those nasty sections. Just hit it 5 or so more days and you’ll be so much better.
Apex is a beast and my first black Diamond on a hardtail but was a blast!
Dude I love my d6 can’t imagine how good it’d do with better tires and a better fork
I agree! I’m looking for a new fork now for mine.
@@MattyActive I would suggest a Marzocci Bomber Z2, it's a close cousin to the Fox 34 so good for short travel bikes but in the $500 range and is better than RockShox options in that price range.
Im thinking of buying a polygon 7 frame to upgrade my trek roscoe 7 2020, does it sound like a good idea? Upgrading to full suspension would be nice but im unsure if the parts especially the 27.5 2.8 wheels would fit on it...
Roscoe wheels are terrible anyway IMO. Youll roll faster lighter and better over obstacles with narrow 29ers (2.3-2.6 wide).
I think the wheels would be too wide for the polygon but if you’re wanting to get the frame I would just get the whole bike. I think you would really enjoy it
Thanks. Shame the wheels are too wide as the roscoe already has good parts and buying just a frame would save money on converting to a full sus.
Shuttled Apex for 2 laps last year. Not a fan lol
Are your suspensions ok? It sounds a bit stiff. I think you may need to service them already. Your d6 i think is almost a year old now.
Yea I think it’s definitely time for a service
What helmet do u use? I like it
Thank you. I use the Bontrager rally Wavecel helmet
nice backflip
I feel beat up just from watching that! Your buddy left you in the dust after about 175 feet...I don't understand why some guys just love to fly through trails like that. I'm not judging, but I feel like you kind of miss a lot when you do that. To each their own, I guess! I'm impressed with how quiet that Polygon was on that mess. I recall that has upgraded neck and handlebars, and you swapped out the wheels. I don't recall you saying if the tires helped a lot or not, what did you think?
I wanted to talk more about it but I was too busy trying to survive that trail haha. They definitely made a huge difference but I couldn’t get a good feel because on that trail you have to run higher psi because of the sharp rocks and I have tubes in. So once I go tubeless I’ll be able to really see how they are
I only swapped the wheels and stem. Really need to upgrade the handlebars though
@@MattyActive My bad for some reason when you guys put that stem on I thought you put on different bars. Maybe you just talked about the bars you could use. Honestly, I think the stem position is more important to how the bike feels than the bars, but that's just my opinion. That bike really does well considering it's not a really expensive model, it really was quiet going over all that chunk!
@@MattyActive no judgement on my part, that trail was ROUGH, and at first at least you were trying to keep up. I think you and I share a common style of riding, fast over chunk isn't it! Your videos are great, Matty, I really enjoy watching them!