@ in reality, whatever makes you happy is great 😅 i had to service my shock 5 times in the last six months, severe use, everytime i service it i need to adjust everything again, sooo not a good deal for me
@@bfranco1519 Depends what I'm riding. If I'm racing ill definitely tweak compression and rebound depending on the trail. Or if I'm getting faster over a week at a bike park, I'll want to increase rebound and compression for sure.
Not sure about how good it looks but sure is trippy, aero roadbice meet talaria kinda thing, on crack would be soft, I'd say engineers got to see the DMT tiger...
Jo Brian. Love your videos. I ride the same bike. You should have just opened low speed rebound. It is meant to bi riden at 35% sag. And vhen you pump it up, it become harder.. Try it
Would have loved to have seen the non-motorized version, but it's been a bummer to hear how the bike actually rides when I thought it was like a dream bike for me. Thought the frame design in MX was cool... But I dunno if I want a tall seat tube with a harsh frame year round that is very hard to adjust on trail. I guess what I'm wondering is what the bike DOES do well and what it's suited for? Is it too progressive and harsh even for a racer who is used to 'firm' settings? Or is it not a great race bike regardless? Is it actually pedaling well? Or light? Every review I've seen on it paints it conflicted. Almost fighting its own design.
I could be wrong but my understanding of why the bike felt "dead" is the shape of the leverage curve. It has nothing to do with its "progressivity". All progressivity is, is a buzzword for the change in leverage rate from beginning to end it doesn't necessarily correlate to any sort of performance. If you look at the leverage curve on Unnos website it starts with a high leverage rate then drops significantly at sag. Unno recommends that you start at 30%-40% sag which pretty much deletes that first part of the travel and has you riding at the point where the leverage rate is much lower which I would believe creates the "dead" feeling, its a perplexing suspension theory.
@@nikdommen it sounds like one of those bikes you could spend hours and hundreds of dollars trying to tune a shock for, until you just give up and list it on pinkbike and sell to the next sucker. im kinda waiting to see the onew review where someone said 'yep works fine this is what i did and its great'. but just not seeing it. does it note quite break through at 25-30% sag? and at 35-40% is it feeling soft and pogo-y trying to bottom out harshly?
Hey Brian! what pressures were you running in those radial tires? sorry if I missed it in the video.. did you feel that you could go higher with the same compliance of a non radial tire with lower pressure ?
Yes can definitely go higher and still have a great level of compliance. For this ride I was a little low on pressure at 24/28. I’ve ridden the trail casing radials at close to 30 psi front and rear and they still felt great
not being able to access 3/4 points of adjustment on the shock is hilarious
How ofter do you really adjust your shock? Maybe a few time during set up? Then never after that..
@@bfranco1519well, from a racer perspective, i adjust it all the time 😅
You race e bikes? I rarely adjust my shock. If that a deal breaker for you, cool. Personally, that’s the least of my concern on a bike.
@ in reality, whatever makes you happy is great 😅 i had to service my shock 5 times in the last six months, severe use, everytime i service it i need to adjust everything again, sooo not a good deal for me
@@bfranco1519 Depends what I'm riding. If I'm racing ill definitely tweak compression and rebound depending on the trail. Or if I'm getting faster over a week at a bike park, I'll want to increase rebound and compression for sure.
Need radial review. Front and rear?
Yess
Great 👍
Not sure about how good it looks but sure is trippy, aero roadbice meet talaria kinda thing, on crack would be soft, I'd say engineers got to see the DMT tiger...
Jo Brian. Love your videos.
I ride the same bike. You should have just opened low speed rebound. It is meant to bi riden at 35% sag. And vhen you pump it up, it become harder.. Try it
Would have loved to have seen the non-motorized version, but it's been a bummer to hear how the bike actually rides when I thought it was like a dream bike for me. Thought the frame design in MX was cool... But I dunno if I want a tall seat tube with a harsh frame year round that is very hard to adjust on trail. I guess what I'm wondering is what the bike DOES do well and what it's suited for? Is it too progressive and harsh even for a racer who is used to 'firm' settings? Or is it not a great race bike regardless? Is it actually pedaling well? Or light? Every review I've seen on it paints it conflicted. Almost fighting its own design.
I could be wrong but my understanding of why the bike felt "dead" is the shape of the leverage curve. It has nothing to do with its "progressivity". All progressivity is, is a buzzword for the change in leverage rate from beginning to end it doesn't necessarily correlate to any sort of performance. If you look at the leverage curve on Unnos website it starts with a high leverage rate then drops significantly at sag. Unno recommends that you start at 30%-40% sag which pretty much deletes that first part of the travel and has you riding at the point where the leverage rate is much lower which I would believe creates the "dead" feeling, its a perplexing suspension theory.
@@nikdommen it sounds like one of those bikes you could spend hours and hundreds of dollars trying to tune a shock for, until you just give up and list it on pinkbike and sell to the next sucker. im kinda waiting to see the onew review where someone said 'yep works fine this is what i did and its great'. but just not seeing it. does it note quite break through at 25-30% sag? and at 35-40% is it feeling soft and pogo-y trying to bottom out harshly?
€13k and you have to take off the shock to make adjustments? How are these bike brands still in business???
Plebs like flashy things!
Lots of people are set and forget. I wouldn’t do it but tons of people don’t even setup their suspension as is. Turn signals on a BMW.
How did you find radial tyres, better than an assegai?
Been really liking the radials. Different than the assegai but both very good
Hey Brian! what pressures were you running in those radial tires? sorry if I missed it in the video.. did you feel that you could go higher with the same compliance of a non radial tire with lower pressure ?
Yes can definitely go higher and still have a great level of compliance. For this ride I was a little low on pressure at 24/28. I’ve ridden the trail casing radials at close to 30 psi front and rear and they still felt great
@@briancahalWhich tire was it? There are a few radials available.
How were the formulas
They were solid. Didn’t have much to complain about. Solid power and really good modulation. Not maven level power but still solid.
that seat tube....I just can't get into that look.
The seat tube's lack of support scares me away from this bicycle .
Cool! I love the way it looks .
These bikes are supposed to run a lot of sag.