Are expensive Bike upgrades worth it? High Low Finale!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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BIKES
Grey Polygon Siskiu T6 - bikesonline-us...
Blue/Yellow Polygon Siskiu T7 - bikesonline-us...
Parts Seen in the video (affiliate link):
HIGH BIKE
High Bike suspension kit - www.worldwidec...
Red Maven Ultimate Brakes - collabs.shop/o... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Carbon Bars - collabs.shop/3... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Thick Grips - collabs.shop/t... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Wireless Dropper Rockshox Reverb AXS - collabs.shop/a... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Aluminum Pedals - collabs.shop/r... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp EDC Threadless - collabs.shop/0... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Wireless GX AXS groupset - collabs.shop/3... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
AXS Pod Remote - collabs.shop/z... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Carbon Crankbrothers wheels - bit.ly/Crankbr...
LOW BIKE
Rear Shock (Fox Float X) - collabs.shop/m... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
SRAM DB8 Brakes - collabs.shop/w... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Aluminum Bars - collabs.shop/u... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Renthal Stem - collabs.shop/t... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Stem - collabs.shop/o... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Thick Grips - collabs.shop/t... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Dropper Lever/Remote - collabs.shop/8... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
OneUp Composite Pedals - collabs.shop/u... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
GX Complete Groupset - collabs.shop/p... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Hunt Trail Wide aluminum wheels - bit.ly/HuntAlu...
BOTH BIKES
SRAM HS2 Rotors - collabs.shop/h...
Specialized Tires - click.linksyne...
Tools:
SRAM Mineral Oil Bleed Kit - collabs.shop/z... - Code "SagaMTB2024" for 10% off
Shock pump - bikesonline-us...
Cassette Lockring Tool - amzn.to/3WQZOnT
Electric Ratchet - amzn.to/3UPZXZ4
Bike Repair stand with scale in arm - amzn.to/3ioCsXR
Breaker bar - amzn.to/3YuKoGB
Camera Equipment -
DJI Osmo Action 4 - amzn.to/3MD1xds
DJI Mic - amzn.to/40CpRSK
DJI Mini 4 Pro Drone - amzn.to/49tOrsS
Sony Alpha 7S III Camera - amzn.to/49z1ida
Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II Lens - amzn.to/3MDGdEW
My Riding Gear:
Smith White helmet - smithoptics.px...
Smith Pink Helmet - smithoptics.px...
Smith Riding Glasses - smithoptics.px...
Giro DND gloves - amzn.to/3UTjyZD
Chad's Party Shirts - partyshirtinte...
Disclaimer: The links above may be affiliate links and earn me a commission.
“We’re both 5’9”” wow what a coincidence!
No way, they are both of same height. Evan whishes, but Chad is clearly taller!!
@@advocatusdiaboli9909Chad wears heel lifts
I'd love to see a comparison of the expensive bike with a bike with only the most effective upgrades.
Exactly. Bottom of the barrel vs top everything isn’t a fair comparison. I do like how he did individual comparisons though. This series is a lot of work but to your point, worth it upgrades vs top and another video with worth it upgrades vs bottom would be 2 nice videos
I wouldn’t say that the low bike upgrades were bottom of the barrel. XO drive train, Lyrik Select+ and Fox float suspension are all mid range and fully capable. I run the Hunt wheels and absolutely love them. They have taken a pounding and held up great. The only cheap out was the brakes
This series was a huge step up from the original. Thanks for your hard work and time
Evan risking his thumbs for the content, gotta respect the hustle
👍👍👍👍🤣🤣
@@EvansMTBSagaYour thumbs good again or what
Nope 😞 I'm still not able to ride and it's been over a week. Trying to keep the brace on hoping it heals
Great finale to the series. I can't believe you don't wear at least knee pads at Leatherwood. I'm just too old not to anymore.
I thought about it for sure. But I stuck to just DH2 and figured that was tame and controlled. Luckily my knees barely got scraped when I crashed haha
Dude gave it that Hawk Tuah 😳
and look where it got him 🙃🙃
I didn't expect that to be honest 😭
So much work went into this series and I loved it.... great job!!👍
The thing about buying expensive parts is they tend to not just be a lot better but they tend to last a lot longer with better warranty on them
Its actually the same ur just paying for warranty
Yea if you buy Amazon knock offs, but all these parts are from legitimate companies, same warranties and quality. Minus the carbon wheels, they should have a better warranty
First of all, this was great. Well done, informative, thorough, professional, dedicated, unbiased, super impressive stuff! I was definitely rooting for Low Bike! One upgrade comparison idea I'd love to see would be putting a cheaper bike that has been upgraded against a stock bike that has the same total cost. ($1500 bike + $2000 upgrades vs $3500 complete bike). Could be a really interesting video!
I might be able to do that. I have the top spec T9 and I was going to add that bike in my tests for this video, but the injury made it so I couldn't
@@EvansMTBSaga that would be amazing! I’ve always figured it’s better bang for buck to upgrade, but with prices coming down it may be a close contest. The positive with building is you get to really choose what you spend money on, and based off this series you’ve got all the info on best upgrade ROI!
Loved this series, Evan!
Thanks Alex!! It was tough to make and now I'll have to be off the bike for a few weeks to heal my thumb
Great series and glad that you’re not hurt too badly. I think the point of this series is that thoughtful upgrades can make a big difference. Even the stuff you put on the “low” bike was pretty solid.
Nice to see all the bikes and components, but also nice seeing your journey over the years. You obviously love MTB and living the Bentonville dream
Super exciting to watch the finale! Sorry to see the crash, but glad you were able to push through.
Wow, great video! The shots of you and chat together were amazing
I loved this series, it was so fun to watch!!
Thanks Evan! I've really enjoyed this series. Hi-Low season 1 made me subscribe to this channel. And this season is even more awesome. Great quality stuff!
Hopefully Chad will join you for new Hi-Low adventures somewhere in the future.
Hope you recover soon!
Awesome conclusion and showcasing whst Polygon's are capable of!
Evan you killed it on this series! Thank you for all the rad videos 🤙
Man I really enjoyed this season, I've been following for a long time and I've been enjoying your work a lot! You have come a long way along your "saga" and I am looking forward to more content from you! I hope your thumb gets better soon, it's amazing that you still did your run even after being hurt! Cheers!
Evan this series was remarkably well done. I’ve been watching since you hit me with “How much is your bike?” This summary of data vs parts was well thought out and fun to watch. Nice job. See you with my Zerode on Dragon Scales!
Best RUclips video concept and very well executed. Love this!
What a fun and finely produced video!!!
You gotta now list all of those low bike upgrades in separate video.
Nah watch the series bro... give the man his views.
@@RhysWilliams-u3o it would generate more views. I meant like separate video. Just with the title: what did we learn in season two...
Evan, I am from Florida and ride primarily hardtails. I've never been to anything like Bentonville or nothing like that but I can say that watching your videos makes me want to go shred some stuff that will probably end up being overwhelming. Love your videos man love watching what you do keep up the good work. You're out here motivating people❤❤❤
Hi, great series! Greatings from Slovakia (EU).
Evan this entire series was incredibly entertaining and well done. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into every aspect of it, down to every last detail. Your content quality, and ability to connect with us is unmatched. I truly believe you will have millions of subscribers someday soon! Heal up quick 💪
A comment and a new subscriber….loved this series. I did a couple upgrades this season on my Rocky instinct and even with all the industry discounts this summer I couldn’t justify going on a reckless spending spree. I went al wheels with rekons and a lyric select fork and couldn’t be happier. For my local trails switching from the stock dhf/dhr to the rekons has been a game changer and really opened up my riding. The bonus is I’ve now got a set of wheels for the bike park days.
I know comments help creators so I leave one :) Appreciate all the time spent on this. Really enjoy watching your videos and tests. I was always a man who buys mid tier stuff as I do not believe in high end stuff giving much of gains. This series just proves it bang on.
Thanks Sergej! I had everything planned for this series months back. I expected high bike to be better, I had even written a script for the finale thinking that High Bike would win. Man I was surprised.
Great season!
You really managed to make me forget there's only one of you at times.😂
I appreciate the commitment to the bit!
Loved the series, absolute blast!
Thanks for putting so much effort into this series!
Your editing skills have gotten so good man!
This deserves more views!
Agreed! Views have been dismal compared to season 1
Awesome work, dude!!! Keep it up 😀 Your content ideas are superb!
Great series! Thanks for all the hard work
This must have been a ton of work!! Great job keep it up
I feel your pain. Thumbs up for going again with injured thumbs :)
Congratulations on this season ender Evans, I really enjoyed watching this since I have always been a believer of the Low bike, more power to your channel cheers!
The awaited finale!
There are some points that I would like to address tho
-Over multiple episodes, despite the time different marginally favouring the low bike, I recall you claimed to be more confident/more comfortable on the hi-bike, but in the comment section, you replied to someone saying you felt more comfortable on the lo-bike throughout the season. So, which one is it in reality?
-at the final race for the lo-bike, you mentioned that you felt like you were riding it to its limit. Could you elaborate on what were those limiting factor and how much further do you think you could've pushed the hi-bike?
Lastly, do your feel like it would've been relevant to go back on the stock bike time? Surely after over 20 runs on the same trails, your time must've improved.
TY for the series, can't wait for the next season in Enduro bike 😉
Just binged the last year or so of videos, great stuff man, taught me a lot and looking forward to getting back on the trail!
I had exactly the same crash the other week and ended up a lot worse... 🤕 Thanks for your efforts, it makes a difference
Great Stuff Evan! Thanks for a very cool series and I'm already looking forward to the next thing you drop! Take care of that thumb!
Thanks for finishing out the season, and it's nice to see your brakes up the correct way (right hand = front)
Man the amount of effort, dedication, humor. Such a nice series, thank you man!
Thanks Jerry!!
Love the Jones Meadow track in the background! Nice touch and great comparisons man
the quality of your content can't be understated. thanks for all the info
Awesome vid I appreciate all the work that went into this series you earned a sub!
Really cool series. I’ve enjoyed it.
I've been upgrading my 2021 vitus mythique vr as I've watched your channel progress, bought mine a couple months after you bought yours.
Definitely putting some of these upgrades onto my to-do list to make it a better climber!
Thanks for these high/low series' and showing us how to work on our own bikes, and if you're ever in Michigan you gotta check out copper harbor and Marquette NTN South trails!
Something doesn't seem right to me regarding the time difference in Evan's wheel options. I can tell you that upgrading to carbon wheels has absolutely improved my times on trails significantly.
@@rrolleman4879 yeah I noticed the same, I don't have carbon wheels but it seems like a pretty large jump for such a (to me) minor change/weight reduction
@@joelb8920 The weight reduction and ride quality improvement is very significant. Any weight reduction at the wheels is going to be quite noticeable, much more compared to elsewhere on your bike. And the ride quality is amazing. You get slingshotted out of corners. The only reason I would shy away from carbon hoops is if you are in chattery rocky terrain and your suspension setup/tire choice is unforgiving.
@@rrolleman4879 thanks for the insight, I've never ridden carbon wheels so I really have nothing to compare it to besides the 29" WTB aluminum wheels that came on the bike from the factory
That was a great series! Well done on the hard work - really paid off. Quality of the content, filming editing and even the little motion FX was next level. This should be on Netflix - would rather watch this on TV than most of the other junk on there. I recently did a similar test (actually a bike designer), and tried cheap vs factory level suspension on a downcountry platform. The cheaper suspension was faster, but the more expensive stuff felt substantially better. I think it is because the plusher suspension is not as responsive pogo-sticking you out of corners and ricochet-ing off rocks like the cheaper alternatives. So my nerves were shot on the cheaper stuff, but my times were better.
Just found your channel and subbed.
Bought my daughter a T6 to learn on.
Good information here.
Thats a great bike to learn on! The stock tires are super heavy, so if she's struggling climbing, consider swapping those haha
Cool series and interesting results. Thanks for putting all of this together!
Great series! You're a great youtuber! and nice editing! 😃
Thanks dude, glad you liked it!
Heck yeah! Made my day seeing this in my feed. Great job on the series 🤘
Loved the series man. Hope your thumb heals up well
Love the series thx!
The amount of work he puts into these videos is truly amazing
Thanks jasper!
"We're both 5 foot 9" got me good.
so your first subsecond time was cause you could not slow down due to bad brakes and about crashed. Nice, we love the dedication to testing :)
Really enjoyed the series. Great to see thoughtful upgrades on lo bike instead of cheap garbage for laughs like I've seen on other hi/lo shows.
I honestly hate to see the lack of views and subscribers you have. Your videos are always such high quality with clearly so much effort put into them. You are easily my favorite MTB youtuber and I always look forward to your videos. Love your work man.🫶🫶🫶
Me too man. Idk what's going on. The last 3 episodes really dropped off
@@EvansMTBSaga Keep up the great work and I know that you’ll get ur big break.
So I really like the way you did the highbike/low bike this year. It really made it more interesting to see at the end how much everything made a difference but then all along you could see each individual part what kind of difference it made. So I’m gonna say good job. I really enjoyed it!
Amazing season, video stuff (not my thing) is all improving so much! Love your channel
Thanks dude! I got crazy with editing these, so I really appreciate you noticing.
Great series and I always enjoy your channel
Great series, you put a ton of work into it and it shows. Also I didn't think I would hear "synergistically" and "hawk tuah" in the same video but somehow you pulled it off lol
Thanks man! Chad is very eclectic
Been waiting all week for this!
Great series dude 🤘, I would love to see you ride these trails on an Enduro bike. they look amazing.
Great video, and overall series dude 🤘
This was a great series! Thank you!
Great series! Thanks for the time and effort!
Great series! Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks so much for the video series, you really did a great job. Been fun to watch you progress so much since the beginning videos, both in video skill and riding skill.
I had pretty much the same crash am month or to ago and just 2 weeks ago I crashed and broke my thumb. Love the content dude! Keep up the work!
Awesome series!!! Keep up the great work. Love the content
Dude u are the Man.. just exposing the realwrold situation with extreme priced bike parts, loved every episode.. hello from Croatia
Always a great series. We need more .
I always love watching your great videos bro and I wish you can visit back here in Phoenix AZ👍
Love the longer finale video!!! Videography getting better as always. I'm definitely guilty of buying what I want and not what I need
You are looking FAST out there, definitely huge improvements from when you started your channel! Nice work and great work on your video, the editing is on point.
Thank you! Took me a while to figure out how to translate my BMX skills to a mountain bike
Loved this series especially since I ride a polygon d7 and I’ve always felt like this bike is sooo fast stock and wondered what it would be like with some tasteful upgrades. I think I know which direction I wanna go with upgrades I appreciate this series so much!
D7 always felt fast to me! The T7 not so much. I have a whole playlist on my channel where I upgraded a D7, but it's older videos so lower quality 🤣
This series does have a cool comparison.
Two controls, Same tires, Same rider. That helps alot with the comparisons.
In my opinion, cost does not necessarily equal better.
What it does come down too is rider confidence.
You did say, the HI bike does feel more luxurious. That does help with confidence. Confidence can equate to speed.
That said, your low bike times were right on. The low bike times were sometimes faster.
That goes to show, that without spending alot, you can make a good bike better.
Stock to Low bike, Low bike is probably world's different.
On the last low bike run, if you look close, the front tire got slightly off line.
You went from groove to leaves and dust. That was the reason for washout.
I think it's worth mentioning, upgrading to metallic pads does increase braking power. But if it was literally before those runs without a proper bed in, you were better off sticking with what they had.
Awesome work as always Evan. Thumbs up 🤣
I love this series. So great. Would love to see shinano xt vs xtr
Another great part price comparison and hope the thumbs start to feel better soon!
It shows how amazing the platform of the sisku is
Polygon deserves respect!.......Bang for the Buck Rules!
Well done, man! Love this content!
Sweet series, lake leatherwood is always a fun ride
This is a fun project. I love the split personalities. Keep it up.
Thanks dude!!
This series is so entertaining and informative. Thanks for all the effort you put in your videos.
Great series as always. Need a bang for your buck comparison, kind of like you did here on cost per second improvement.
Loved this series. Loving my Polygon Siskiu D7 that’s been smartly upgraded and it’s beating my PR’s previously set using my Specialized Epic.
Great work on this!
Love the channel, just make content you wanna make, I'm sure your true supporter's will support that.
I never comment on videos, but I love what you’re doing. Keep it going 🎉
High low was fantastic as always….thanks for the videos. My son and I come down to Bentonville from kc several times a year hope to see you out sometime.
Great video! Well Done
I like how Chad just rolls over at the end - "Yea I agree" lol
He had a change of heart. He was defeated
From Montreal Canada! Your video's are really good now! Keep it up.
Even though I’ve been out of mountain biking for over 20yrs, really enjoyed this video. 👍🏼