Congrats on getting back on the bike and the weight loss. I had a shoulder surgery last year and put on some weight. Long story short,I changed my diet and went from 220lbs to197lbs. Feeling great. Love the channel, keep up the good work.
Yo!!! Good to see you back on the bike bro! I feel your pain with the rear brake hose routing… Done it on all my e-bikes and it’s quite the chore. It does get a little easier each time though. Good luck to everyone entering for the T9 raffle! That bike rips!! 🤘🏻
Haha for sure. Each time I do something like that, I go "never again". Then I eventually forget how hard it was and go "I should upgrade these brakes". I'm working on building and "exotic" Enduro and that will be external routing 💪
Hey Evan at 6:52 your chain is skipping because your cassette is worn out and possibly your front chainring is also but most likely the cassette. Usually, you can get 2 maybe 3 chains out of 1 cassette but if you ride a chain worn too long it will just wear the cassette faster so you probably need a new cassette.
Yeah I checked it yesterday and you're right, totally worn out. The crazy thing is, I believe I used the cassette for just a month (although I got it lightly used from a friend). It chewed up the GX cassette!
@@EvansMTBSaga maybe try a Shimano Cues cassette. It's not going to look as blingy as your current cassette but Cues is made for e-bikes so it should be able to take whatever you throw at it.
Just got back into riding bikes after a 30 some year hiatus. Not a medical reason, just I forgot about having fun while adulting. Although I’ve already acquired an entry level hardtail, it would be awesome to upgrade. Not necessary though. Thanks for the free opportunity upgrade. Much appreciated.
Glad you're healing good. Ligament tears take a while, breaking bones heals much faster! I did my ACL so know the frustration of wanting to get back into it. Bike looked like it's really dialled.
@@EvansMTBSaga I'd describe it as a dull ache after riding. Muscles in the area overworking as the ligament/tendons usually do the stabilisation. Usually popped some Ibuprofen - I'd say I was back to normal in a couple of months. Might be worth looking at finger training, Amazon has something like the FitBeast Grip Strength Trainer, Finger Exerciser - will gently work the forearm muscles and tendons (good for mountain biking anyway).
Haha oh yeah I did that once, that's why I went wireless in this video. Luckily the motor fell out when I went to remove it, so the dropper cable was pretty easy haha
Coils are just simple and better suspension, you rarely see anything else on a dirtbike. Sorry, your thumb is still bothering you, You might try moving the levers around a bit and find a range that works out better. When I was a kid, I broke my arm, and when I reached for my controller, the cast kept it out of reach from my fingers. so I had to adapt. I learned to rotate my arm and use my fingers for the buttons. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome! It will get better with time.
Would've loved that s-works but I would've probably killed the frame within a month considering how many heavy rock strikes i get on my aluminium frame. It looks like it has been skinned alive whereas carbon would've died 10 times over 😀congrats to the lucky winner, sweet bike! Also glad you're finally back Evan, hoping to see more riding videos soon
Good to see you’re doing well. I broke my collarbone 2 and a half weeks ago when I went over the bars on a blue trail of all things :-/ So frustrating walking downstairs and seeing my Nukeproof Scout in its stand, but not being able to ride it and seeing the last of the good weather this year slip away. Ah well I’m alive and it should heal up fine and at least i can replace my bent brake levers with higher end ones. Stoked for you to be back riding.
I have that same ZEB Ultimate fork with the butter cups and the Rockshox Super Deluxe Ultimate air shock on my Kenevo. It’s impressive how good they are at absorbing absolutely everything and making even the roughest trails shredable. I would like to try a coil at some point, it sure looks great on there at the very least!
Not a big fan of the air suspension system on my Moterra. All of the dirt bikes and previous mountain bikes I've had have all been coil sprung. The Moterra seems very stiff to start in its travel, yet it'll still reach bottoming with above moderate riding (but nothing very hard as in big landings). This is especially odd since the rear suspension linkage is obviously a rising rate linkage. The forks might be suffering from stiction problems. Been thinking of getting the reaming tool to try clearing that up. But, the shock is also the same. Since it's air, I'm stuck with a "spring rate", defined by the geometry inside the air chamber. It's not a deal killer, since the bike still is good for what I do. But, the forks would be a smart place to improve, as those loads go more through the handlebars, and I'd like to clean that up. I cut through the vid, skipping the installation of the shock, so I might've missed it....what's your damping adjustments available on that shock? Damping tuning is huge in how a shock or fork behaves.
Couple of things to help your thumb and braking having had a wrist injury myself. Ergon grips suck for putting those forces into your palms, great when you've got good hands, bad when you don't, I miss them but my wrist doesn't. For a while I was using ESI chunky grips which were good but as they were friction fit you can't just take them on and off and they hated thorns. I'd tried Rev grips but they didn't work for me, cushioned from the vibration they may be but the foam around the inserts was very thin ( given the insert is bigger ) which was my problem with pressure. I've now got ODI Dreadlocks which are the perfect blend of grip, control and softness where needed, no more pain when riding. I've also ended up on Hope Brakes as I couldn't get on with the force needed on my G2's for the constant rear trailbraking I have a habit of on runs. Shimano deore didn't give me the light on/off everyone goes on about but Tech4 levers are perfect, light and close to the bars for minimal finger stretch. For you it might be worth swapping to European braking with the rear on the left, you use it more often so more pressure on your right hand more often. Maybe bung AXS on the gears, just a easy located push button then rather than long lever pushes.
Good tips, I appreciate that! I love those Ergons for sure. Maybe I'll switch to the OneUp fat grips in the meantime. I've ridden 6 times now and today is the first day where I kinda forgot the thumb was injured which was awesome. Shifting hurts for sure, that new AXS shifter would help a lot
I sliced my left thumb open with a axe, knicked the tendon, severed a bunch of nerves and chipped the knuckle bone, I can sympathise with how your finding your thumb. It’s been 8 weeks, thumb is still numb and finding laps at dyfi bike park is making my whole left hand and arm numbs because I’m gripping the bar too tight, anyway hope your recovery continues and keep up the videos.
It’s good to see you back riding but I’ve recently broken my knee on skatepark when I was riding my full sus, flat tire caused surgery and I’m out for 6 months for acl ligament recovery aswell
I'm definitely riding Dragon Scales too slow - looks like a little more speed actually smooths it out! I'll be down for the bike-a-palooza and staying the following week so should be able to test that!!!
Would love to hear the final cost of the upgrades to the t6e after upgrades. Loved the hi lo series. Always makes me debate if i should just buy it full spec or build it out and the t6e is so cheap that it makes me wonder!
@@EvansMTBSaga To be honest I would love to win a bike, will be honest have never own a full suspension bike, and I have always size large bike 5'9'' with shoes.
Heck yeah man! Idk if you made it to the part where I lost weight, but I ordered the spring when I weighed 190, now I'm at 177 and I need a lighter spring 🤣 but I am down to E-Bike it up now!
way easier to fish lines through our ebikes than our analogs. I just fished brake line and shifter and dropper cables through a Mongoose ledge frame....
I remember the Ardor had some frame holes that were pretty small. I just recently got a cable guide fishing kit and thats been a nice luxury tool to own (cost like $15)
Whats the orange tool you are using to hold your handle bars straight when the bike is on the bike stand? I been using a bungee cord and its far from good.
I have a Fox Float shock, got it brand new and the can was overly tightened and slipped while I was trying to open it damaging the Schrader air valve, first Fox said it would cost $320! Luckily, I guess ended up giving me a deal on the eyelet and ended up costing me $236.
Oh man, I had to send that DJI ebike back as it was a prototype. They were developing the frame too. I spoke with the engineers and begged them not to do headset cable routing and they actually listened! I was scheduled to get the full release, but the US govt is threatening to ban DJI so they put the E-Bike release on hold for North America 😞
I have never entered a raffle in my life. I just entered it! mountain biking is my life. I love it, but I need a new bike at the moment, so it feels like it’s destiny! lol
I just swapped from a Fox Float X to a Fox DHX2 coil on my ebike and it is night and day a better rear shock for a heavier mtb. The Float X was just too light weight for my riding on that bike.
I will twist them up when riding steep stuff like at a bike park, it definitely helps. The stuff here in Bentonville doesn't require hardly any braking 😂
Heyy you should really try the hope tech 4 v4 brakes. They are awesome before i run mt7 brakes and there is a day and night difference. The power and modulation is insane! And the lever feel is much better than the sram maven!
Yeah I did the procedure with the 2 rotors in the caliper and pulled vaccuum on the caliper with a syringe. It helped the wondering bite point a lot, but not completely on the bike stand. I repeated it 5 times with no luck. I gave up and just rode the bike and it was gone once I got to the trail haha
@EvansMTBSaga I just heard about the pull a vacuum from the caliper I never did that I tried everything else and did vacuum from the lever but it seems like this might be the trick! Thank for the update im going to try that
@EvansMTBSaga hey Evan I got the trick that works finally! Bleed just the caliper leave the lever screw installed. First push the bleed block in then fill the caliper syringe 1/3 full and put it on like normal twist it open half a turn and pressurize the system once it fills firm pull a vacuum and watch all the air come out that was unable to get freed up any other way. Breaks are perfect now so it's just a hard caliper to bleed
Mine has the EP6. It does have a little rattle when going DH and not pedaling. Its almost like the kickback engages with the motors bitepoint and thats where the noise comes from (on mine at least). I have another E-Bike with a Bosch and I like my EP6 way more (better motor noise, I like the power delivery more). I hope my rattle doesn't get worse!
why do u think motorcycles use coil springs? because it is the best and easiest suspension to tinker/adjust. Buut sure bicycles are a tad lighter where air suspension actually make sense.
Hey Evan, Puerto Rico is a US territory...... does the giveaway can be win from here? And if not, if the winner have a US location to a family can it be send there? 😢
Dont the codes and mavens use the same fittings or is this another one of SRAMs incredible "we have 10,000 parts for no reason other than because we want to" issues?
Hey man I will pay for shipping to the UK if I win the giveaway(I love ur vids and I'm really passionate about mtb I I would love to ride with you one day)
Dude I had no clue a cassette could get worn out like that. I checked it and its so bad. I got the GX cassette used in April and only used it for a month. I'm shocked. Maybe I'll be going for the fancy 8 speed SRAM cassette next
Congrats on getting back on the bike and the weight loss. I had a shoulder surgery last year and put on some weight. Long story short,I changed my diet and went from 220lbs to197lbs. Feeling great. Love the channel, keep up the good work.
Heck yeah man. Dropping weight has been fun. Feels great to be limber and agile haha
Yo!!! Good to see you back on the bike bro! I feel your pain with the rear brake hose routing… Done it on all my e-bikes and it’s quite the chore. It does get a little easier each time though. Good luck to everyone entering for the T9 raffle! That bike rips!! 🤘🏻
Haha for sure. Each time I do something like that, I go "never again". Then I eventually forget how hard it was and go "I should upgrade these brakes". I'm working on building and "exotic" Enduro and that will be external routing 💪
@@EvansMTBSaga nice! Can’t wait to see it!🤜🏼🤛🏼
Hey Evan at 6:52 your chain is skipping because your cassette is worn out and possibly your front chainring is also but most likely the cassette. Usually, you can get 2 maybe 3 chains out of 1 cassette but if you ride a chain worn too long it will just wear the cassette faster so you probably need a new cassette.
Yeah I checked it yesterday and you're right, totally worn out. The crazy thing is, I believe I used the cassette for just a month (although I got it lightly used from a friend). It chewed up the GX cassette!
@@EvansMTBSaga maybe try a Shimano Cues cassette. It's not going to look as blingy as your current cassette but Cues is made for e-bikes so it should be able to take whatever you throw at it.
Great to see you back on 2 wheels! The grey bike frame with the RED ZEB and RED Coil spring and RED Mavens looks absolutely RAD!! 🤩
I just put a coil shock on my budget Norco A4. It transformed the bike to a much higher end feeling bike. Incredible difference!
Yea man. Good to see you back on the bike. We all wish you a speedy recovery on the thumb.👍🤙
Thanks for the opportunity. Glad to see your doing well!
Another awesome bike build Evan! Well done. I’m so glad you can get back to riding! And thanks for the free raffle opportunity. Very generous!
Nice combo of colors between the shock, fork, brakes and even the seat
Great looking bike and it's a good you're back to healing. Injuries suck.
Great to see you back on the bike Evan excited to see you feeling better and back to shredding
I love the way he works on bikes.
That bike looks awesome and a lot of fun man! Good to see you're healed up
Just got back into riding bikes after a 30 some year hiatus. Not a medical reason, just I forgot about having fun while adulting. Although I’ve already acquired an entry level hardtail, it would be awesome to upgrade. Not necessary though. Thanks for the free opportunity upgrade. Much appreciated.
Me watching on my hardtail 💀
Hardtails rock dude! You'll get a full suspension one day
@@EvansMTBSaga Hell yea! Its more fun!
I have a hardtail and a FS and honestly prefer the HT sometimes. It feels way more lively and dynamic; also more challenging! Tons of value in a HT.
Still living that Hardtail life. I see so many budget hardtails and expensive FS. I rarely see a higher spec Hardtail on my local trails.
Love my Nukeproof HT! I would like to try a full sus tho. Someday 🤞🏻
Glad you're healing good. Ligament tears take a while, breaking bones heals much faster! I did my ACL so know the frustration of wanting to get back into it.
Bike looked like it's really dialled.
Oh man Ive done a few ligaments and I'm like why couldn't this have been a break 😭 was your ACL sore for a while after you got back on the bike?
@@EvansMTBSaga I'd describe it as a dull ache after riding. Muscles in the area overworking as the ligament/tendons usually do the stabilisation. Usually popped some Ibuprofen - I'd say I was back to normal in a couple of months. Might be worth looking at finger training, Amazon has something like the FitBeast Grip Strength Trainer, Finger Exerciser - will gently work the forearm muscles and tendons (good for mountain biking anyway).
Thanks, Evan! Good on you man. Ist time I've seen a real FREE raffle. New level of respect and appreciation for you. ❤
Thanks Jake! I hope you entered!
Red grips would be the cherry on top!
I gotta see if Ergon makes the Factory grips in red. Those are my favorite grips by far
the coil is possibly "quieter" because the fox float x is kind of poor at tracking the ground well, even the factory version
I definitely agree with that!
Great to see you back on 2 wheels!!! Sweet Polygon! Ty for the chance 🤞🏻
Now try fishing the dropper cable through there. That was a multi-day process that took my MacGyver'ing skills to a level a never wanted to achieve.
Haha oh yeah I did that once, that's why I went wireless in this video. Luckily the motor fell out when I went to remove it, so the dropper cable was pretty easy haha
Coils are just simple and better suspension, you rarely see anything else on a dirtbike. Sorry, your thumb is still bothering you, You might try moving the levers around a bit and find a range that works out better. When I was a kid, I broke my arm, and when I reached for my controller, the cast kept it out of reach from my fingers. so I had to adapt. I learned to rotate my arm and use my fingers for the buttons. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome! It will get better with time.
Such a good TH-camr makes my day when you upload
Would've loved that s-works but I would've probably killed the frame within a month considering how many heavy rock strikes i get on my aluminium frame. It looks like it has been skinned alive whereas carbon would've died 10 times over 😀congrats to the lucky winner, sweet bike!
Also glad you're finally back Evan, hoping to see more riding videos soon
Good to see you’re doing well. I broke my collarbone 2 and a half weeks ago when I went over the bars on a blue trail of all things :-/
So frustrating walking downstairs and seeing my Nukeproof Scout in its stand, but not being able to ride it and seeing the last of the good weather this year slip away.
Ah well I’m alive and it should heal up fine and at least i can replace my bent brake levers with higher end ones.
Stoked for you to be back riding.
Dang man I hope you heal up soon! I actually like riding in the winter quite a bit
@@EvansMTBSaga cheers. Just glad to see you back on your bike/s so I have more content to watch.
I have that same ZEB Ultimate fork with the butter cups and the Rockshox Super Deluxe Ultimate air shock on my Kenevo. It’s impressive how good they are at absorbing absolutely everything and making even the roughest trails shredable. I would like to try a coil at some point, it sure looks great on there at the very least!
I have the same setup on my reign e. Love it but I want to know if we can upgrade to the new vivid coil without buying a whole new shock?!!!!
never in my life have I been this early on a youtube post
Dude so early!
Same.
I just forgot to comment immediately.
@@uattias its a real race isnt it😂
@@FinnaldTheDuck I guess so lol
From Montreal Canada! Evan, great work. My favorite MTB channel, by far! :)
If u like that shock the Vivid air is so epic been running it all season all my buddies are trying to copy my setup
Not a big fan of the air suspension system on my Moterra. All of the dirt bikes and previous mountain bikes I've had have all been coil sprung. The Moterra seems very stiff to start in its travel, yet it'll still reach bottoming with above moderate riding (but nothing very hard as in big landings). This is especially odd since the rear suspension linkage is obviously a rising rate linkage. The forks might be suffering from stiction problems. Been thinking of getting the reaming tool to try clearing that up. But, the shock is also the same. Since it's air, I'm stuck with a "spring rate", defined by the geometry inside the air chamber. It's not a deal killer, since the bike still is good for what I do. But, the forks would be a smart place to improve, as those loads go more through the handlebars, and I'd like to clean that up.
I cut through the vid, skipping the installation of the shock, so I might've missed it....what's your damping adjustments available on that shock? Damping tuning is huge in how a shock or fork behaves.
Couple of things to help your thumb and braking having had a wrist injury myself.
Ergon grips suck for putting those forces into your palms, great when you've got good hands, bad when you don't, I miss them but my wrist doesn't.
For a while I was using ESI chunky grips which were good but as they were friction fit you can't just take them on and off and they hated thorns.
I'd tried Rev grips but they didn't work for me, cushioned from the vibration they may be but the foam around the inserts was very thin ( given the insert is bigger ) which was my problem with pressure.
I've now got ODI Dreadlocks which are the perfect blend of grip, control and softness where needed, no more pain when riding.
I've also ended up on Hope Brakes as I couldn't get on with the force needed on my G2's for the constant rear trailbraking I have a habit of on runs.
Shimano deore didn't give me the light on/off everyone goes on about but Tech4 levers are perfect, light and close to the bars for minimal finger stretch.
For you it might be worth swapping to European braking with the rear on the left, you use it more often so more pressure on your right hand more often.
Maybe bung AXS on the gears, just a easy located push button then rather than long lever pushes.
Good tips, I appreciate that! I love those Ergons for sure. Maybe I'll switch to the OneUp fat grips in the meantime. I've ridden 6 times now and today is the first day where I kinda forgot the thumb was injured which was awesome. Shifting hurts for sure, that new AXS shifter would help a lot
I sliced my left thumb open with a axe, knicked the tendon, severed a bunch of nerves and chipped the knuckle bone, I can sympathise with how your finding your thumb. It’s been 8 weeks, thumb is still numb and finding laps at dyfi bike park is making my whole left hand and arm numbs because I’m gripping the bar too tight, anyway hope your recovery continues and keep up the videos.
Oh yeah I've been definitely gripping too tight! I usually ride with a very loose grip. I hope you heal up!
Now that you lost the weight, it's time to start getting on the second channel for some XC racing. Glad to see you ride again
Look forward to seeing your content. Glad you’re feeling better.
New brakes look 👀 great quite the red ❤fork and shock ⚡️
Have you tried the vivid air shock yet? I’m super tempted. I’ve always ridden coils. Or maybe even the x2
It’s good to see you back riding but I’ve recently broken my knee on skatepark when I was riding my full sus, flat tire caused surgery and I’m out for 6 months for acl ligament recovery aswell
Wow, bile so clean, hands will remain clean touching it all
I am trying to enter the raffle but it says I need a promo code. Does anyone know what it is?
I'm not sure, that's the first time I've heard someone say that
Same here
Just skip it
No need for promo code just answer question and click enter.
I'm definitely riding Dragon Scales too slow - looks like a little more speed actually smooths it out!
I'll be down for the bike-a-palooza and staying the following week so should be able to test that!!!
Yeah it's funny, with a little speed, you feel a lot less of the bumps. I haven't heard of bike-a-palooza haha. I should probably look that up!
Would love to hear the final cost of the upgrades to the t6e after upgrades. Loved the hi lo series. Always makes me debate if i should just buy it full spec or build it out and the t6e is so cheap that it makes me wonder!
Excellent, agree fishing them out of the internal routing was a nightmare, and I am not into the T-type stuff as my bike is not udh compatible.
I hope you enter that free giveaway! I'd be super excited if you won
@@EvansMTBSaga To be honest I would love to win a bike, will be honest have never own a full suspension bike, and I have always size large bike 5'9'' with shoes.
The bike is looking 🔥 them red parts pop against they grey frame. I might get them Mavens myself 👍
For the Raffal what is the promo code needed
You can go right past it. Bottom of page.
Now THAT'S un upgraded bike!! Lets shred Evan!!
Heck yeah man! Idk if you made it to the part where I lost weight, but I ordered the spring when I weighed 190, now I'm at 177 and I need a lighter spring 🤣 but I am down to E-Bike it up now!
The bike is looking sick! 🤙🤙🤙
way easier to fish lines through our ebikes than our analogs. I just fished brake line and shifter and dropper cables through a Mongoose ledge frame....
I remember the Ardor had some frame holes that were pretty small. I just recently got a cable guide fishing kit and thats been a nice luxury tool to own (cost like $15)
Whats the orange tool you are using to hold your handle bars straight when the bike is on the bike stand? I been using a bungee cord and its far from good.
i have broke both thumbs. TOGS are awesome, i highly recommend
if you want wirless you could go with the red xo1 axs derailer
Oh yeah I forgot about that. That'd be super clean!
I think that’s for like xc or gravel bikes
@@IMTB2. I am pretty sure XO1 axs is SRAM’S enduro wireless drivetrain and XX1 axs is for xc and gravel
I have a Fox Float shock, got it brand new and the can was overly tightened and slipped while I was trying to open it damaging the Schrader air valve, first Fox said it would cost $320! Luckily, I guess ended up giving me a deal on the eyelet and ended up costing me $236.
Oh dang! You should know that you can get a new take off Float X for about $250 on Pinkbike. I've been scooping them up to build up old frames to sell
@@EvansMTBSaga Its just the plain Float with no reservoir and it was the factory one though:(
How do we enter the Raffall because it’s not in the comments section?
Check the description
Swap all these parts to that ebike you had with the dji motor, as long as its udh any ebike frame with udh would make this build even cooler
Oh man, I had to send that DJI ebike back as it was a prototype. They were developing the frame too. I spoke with the engineers and begged them not to do headset cable routing and they actually listened! I was scheduled to get the full release, but the US govt is threatening to ban DJI so they put the E-Bike release on hold for North America 😞
I have never entered a raffle in my life. I just entered it! mountain biking is my life. I love it, but I need a new bike at the moment, so it feels like it’s destiny! lol
good luck dude!!
@@EvansMTBSaga thanks man!
I just swapped from a Fox Float X to a Fox DHX2 coil on my ebike and it is night and day a better rear shock for a heavier mtb. The Float X was just too light weight for my riding on that bike.
Yeah agreed! I thought since I run the same tire pressure, same brakes, basically all set up the same on the E-Bike that the float X would be okay
love your videos evan. glad you are out of the cast
I’d love to put a coil on my canyon spectral do you think it can be done
Hey Evan what upgrades would you recommend me to do to my hardtail it’s a specialized rockhopper elite.
Sick bike, but why don’t you put on some red grips, I think that they would look sick🔥🔥🔥
is the marlin 5 gen2 a good bike? I got it a few months ago
Happy Riding
Your brake levers are to low flatten them out will help a lot with arm pump. Love the videos keep it up
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I will twist them up when riding steep stuff like at a bike park, it definitely helps. The stuff here in Bentonville doesn't require hardly any braking 😂
Looking very svelte sir, the polygon looks fun to ride also
Heyy you should really try the hope tech 4 v4 brakes. They are awesome before i run mt7 brakes and there is a day and night difference. The power and modulation is insane! And the lever feel is much better than the sram maven!
I definitely want to! Not on this E-Bike cuz I don't wanna do that process again 🤣
And if I win can I pay for shipping for international for my self? I’m from Australia so yeah
Australia shipping has some of the lowest import fees, about $900. So if you're willing to pay that, I'd be cool with it
Does the promo code on the raffle matter?
Nope, I don't even have the ability to make a promo code
This bike is the stuff of my dreams lol!
Amy luck with the maven lever pump up on this instal?
Yeah I did the procedure with the 2 rotors in the caliper and pulled vaccuum on the caliper with a syringe. It helped the wondering bite point a lot, but not completely on the bike stand. I repeated it 5 times with no luck. I gave up and just rode the bike and it was gone once I got to the trail haha
@EvansMTBSaga I just heard about the pull a vacuum from the caliper I never did that I tried everything else and did vacuum from the lever but it seems like this might be the trick! Thank for the update im going to try that
@EvansMTBSaga hey Evan I got the trick that works finally! Bleed just the caliper leave the lever screw installed. First push the bleed block in then fill the caliper syringe 1/3 full and put it on like normal twist it open half a turn and pressurize the system once it fills firm pull a vacuum and watch all the air come out that was unable to get freed up any other way. Breaks are perfect now so it's just a hard caliper to bleed
What if the winner pays for the shipping in case is from out US?
How can I purchase a ticket ?
Thank you
Love the bike and the videos have fun on the trails
Thanks Andrew!
Are you still considering a light weight emtb build?
Ah not right now. If anything, I was checking out the heavy duty Dengfu E-Bike with like 160nm and 1000+ Wh haha
@@EvansMTBSaga Oh yeah those are awesome, m630 should be out very soon it's 250nm!
Love your videos dude!!
Can you do a video on the polygon xtrada 7?
Ah I don't have any plans to do any on the Xtrada 7. I did 2 videos on the Xtrada 6 though if you look back in my videos
glad your thumb getting better great bike i like it looking to get a ebike at some point
They handle downhill very well!
@@EvansMTBSaga nice currently have enduro norco fluid at the moment
hella clean bike
Heck yeah man I agree. I love it. I got some fun builds coming up too!
@@EvansMTBSaga good ima be tuning in then😁
Evan you should do 1000 pound big mtb brands video please. Pin???
Cheers
Have you found a way to minimise the ep8 rattle? My yt decoy core 4 has it bad and it’s the only thing not dialed
Mine has the EP6. It does have a little rattle when going DH and not pedaling. Its almost like the kickback engages with the motors bitepoint and thats where the noise comes from (on mine at least). I have another E-Bike with a Bosch and I like my EP6 way more (better motor noise, I like the power delivery more). I hope my rattle doesn't get worse!
@@EvansMTBSaga yeah I think the rattle doesn’t bother me. I’ve ridden the bosch race motor and i definitely believe the ep8 is better
Giveaway not available in Canada?? 😢
Okay I just checked, import fees and duties aren't too bad to Canada. I could cover that, go ahead and enter!
Wow, you're the best. Thanks
Just shimano di2 it if the motors compatiable its amazing
Very clean bike man awesome
why do u think motorcycles use coil springs? because it is the best and easiest suspension to tinker/adjust. Buut sure bicycles are a tad lighter where air suspension actually make sense.
Love your channel, great work!
Thanks Brian!
Me watching in Australia :(
Bpc157 my guy. For that thumb
Hey Evan, Puerto Rico is a US territory...... does the giveaway can be win from here? And if not, if the winner have a US location to a family can it be send there? 😢
Yes absolutely I could work with you on that. I shipped something to Trinidad and tobego like that
I entered to win the awesome T9!
I’m getting a commencal clash do you got any upgrades I could put on it?
I don't, I have a few spare frames I'm trying to build to sell
@@EvansMTBSaga sorry for my grammar I asking for recommendations😁
I’m only slightly upset you didn’t put red grips on that ebike… 😂😂
I thought that Ergon didnt make these in red! But commenters got me to check and they do! Will order ASAP!
Interesting stuff man
I really hope I win that polygon, I’ve been asking for one for forever
Make a new vid about the canyon spectral please
About the one I have? I do need to build that up
@@EvansMTBSaga yup. I bought one a month ago (the 150mil version) and i love it!
What if I pay shipping to me? It is still worth it.
The problem is that shipping to Europe can be $2000, more than the value of the bike on the used market
Dont the codes and mavens use the same fittings or is this another one of SRAMs incredible "we have 10,000 parts for no reason other than because we want to" issues?
I think they're the same parts, but you can't use a hose that's had dot fluid in it already
@@EvansMTBSaga Changing the fluid to make life difficult, very SRAM :D great vid as always by the way!
Ah man, please open up the competition to other countries, but just allow us to pay for shipping.
It's tough because shipping to Europe or England will be $2000 in customs fees and that's basically the entire value of the bike
Oh wow, I didn't know it would be so much! Totally understand then man :)
Rip to canadian watchers
Nice vids dude im inspired by you to work in a bike shop!
Hey man I will pay for shipping to the UK if I win the giveaway(I love ur vids and I'm really passionate about mtb I I would love to ride with you one day)
UK shipping is expensive, around $2000 😬
never been this early also GREAT VID!!!
your cassette is worn out and thats why your new chain that has 0.0 wearout is skipping those gears
Dude I had no clue a cassette could get worn out like that. I checked it and its so bad. I got the GX cassette used in April and only used it for a month. I'm shocked. Maybe I'll be going for the fancy 8 speed SRAM cassette next
@@EvansMTBSaga only love mate