I’ve got the same black and silver Mallets and they are ROCk solid. Also, hub engagement is way underrated on a mountain bike. I pulled mine apart and, for $40, put in 3 more pawls to make six and tighten up the ratio. That makes a big difference on fast technical stuff when shifting body weight around corners or obstacles and then quickly getting power down to the pedals.
Nice ride, I have a 2020 trek ex fuel 9.7 on the way ordered it on Monday. Also will be ordering SRAM SRAM xx1 ax’s with the dropper seat post. I am picturing that rainbow cassette and chain up against the Miami green to Teal fade paint. This will be my first full suspension bike for me ever. I have always ridden hard tails. I also a ride road and gravel, so this will be bike number 4. Bikes are 2019 trek Madone SLR project one. 2019 cannondale top stone, 2017 trek Farley. Did my first road race on my Madone two weekends ago. Hope to more competing next year on the fuel and the gravel bike. I really enjoy the channel keep up. Nothing like a new bike day lol.
More than I deserve bro. My wife bought me all these fleet she is always surprising me with something, I am so blessed to have her she is a beautiful woman inside and out GOD has been good to me. We went to the bike shop to pick up 2020 fuel EX 8 and instead ended up ordering the carbon 9.7 EX will be going to shop in the morning to help build it up. You guys feature a lot sweet bikes on your channel also very informative as well. Keep up the Good work. 👍🏾
CBF... that’s why I still have a 2016 Balance. Everything I’ve tried up to now doesn’t ride nearly as good imo. I do have a lot invested in my suspension, combine that with CBF and it’s untouchable. 11-6 in rear, 2016 fox 36 with Push ACS-3 and Avalanche Damper with all the bells and whistles. Love that bike by the way.
Okay now that's a sick bike! And look it - Jeff can shred and ride pretty darn good. Now that I have more understanding of MTB and what I ride, I think my bike is a bit over suspensioned and would go the route that Jeff likes to go, although I still am not on the 29" wheel yet mostly because of my own ability to handle. Would love to hear a compare against the other trail bikes (i.e. Yeti, etc). Revel isn't also as common around here so wonder how service, etc is?
Great set-up, why change anything, but the tires, when you wanna try the new flavors. Everyone has the parts they really like. Personally I wouldn’t build up a rig with less than i30 rims and most likely will be going i35 because I like the way 2.6” tires shape with that combo. Other parts are just really about what I prefer. I’m using the new 4 piston XTR trail brakes and like them but I’m used to Shimano brakes.
Awesome build mate! I’d only go hope brakes instead of sram as the have the same modulation and adjustment but way better build quality and reliability. I’ve got the rail and they’re amazing bikes for sure...
Hey Jeff! Why did you go w/ xx1 instead of x01? I thought xx1 was directed towards xc/marathon while x01 is more enduro/trail rated. Aren’t you afraid the carbon derailleur cage will snap or get damaged?
Hi, Thanks for inspiring me to get a trail bike , your videos helped decide on my frame . I got myself a revel rascal. I was going to do PIKE on it at 140mm, but noticed that Revel is stocking 2023 with Lyrik. Which one would you recommend on the rascal ? I do trail riding , no big jumps . But i am 185lb. Wondering if the new 2023 pike and lyrik have changed to be more mellower to accomodate Zeb in their lineup and hence Lyrik would be more suitable than Pike on Rascal ? I am obviously confused. Could you advice me. Thanks
I am curious to have Jeff's comments on the bike, now that it has been several months... I am ordering one, but I am tempted to upgrade the suspension to the PUSH ElevenSix & ACS3 fork kit. You guys also have these at the shop, so I'd like your thoughts on this bike with PUSH suspension.... worth it? will it make it even better?
Have you tried the Hope brakes? They are more reliable than SRAM, easily serviced, and have all the adjustability you can ask for. I'm getting my Rascal next week....super stoked (with Hope brakes :)
Nice bike! How's the fit in comparison to Yeti? I know Jeff normally rides long bikes... Speaking of Yeti, what's up with not promoting Yeti's on this channel anymore?;
I'm riding a large Rascal frame which has a 464 reach and 1220 wheelbase which I'm really happy with. Still longer for me as my height would say but a solid wheelbase for a 130 bike. After that seat tube cutting experiment on that Yeti 4.5 I kind of found the limit on size I'd want for a mid-travel 29'r. As for Yeti on this channel. Our goal is not to "promote" anything but rather feature and talk about stuff we're excited about and interested in ourselves. We launched 3 new Yeti videos for all their new bikes a few months back. Since then we haven't had anything new and exciting to talk about from them. But don't worry, we still love Yeti. We love all bikes man 😁
+Worldwide Cyclery please do a video of bikes like this one that don't have a bashguard and see if one can be installed so I can purchase one from you guys!
AXS everything. SRAM brakes. RS suspension. Even a Truvativ bar. And no Zipp wheels??? Okay the black/silver I9s do look pretty boss. Yes, I just used boss as an adjective. Deal with it.
Dang that looks awesome :). I'm in the market for something very similar(possibly a Rascal, wish it was easier to demo here). Anyone have any thoughts on onyx vesper vs i9 hydra? I'd love a silent hub and I think that's worth the weight penalty to me (+ the other benefits, less drag, just as good or better engagement).
@@WorldwideCyclery Thanks for the Video, Jeff. I believe you said earlier you were riding a large? Are you about 5'9"? I'm seriously considering replacing my Following MB with a rascal, and trying to get a handle on sizing. Thanks! Love WWC!
Yo Jeff, roll through lower Michigan for some super slow, flat land, trail riding. I will show you around in exchange for letting me ride your new bike 🤣🤣🤣
@@terrymtbnurse4760 If I were going to take anyone MTBing in lower Michigan, those would be the first trails I went to. Just rode there for the first time this fall, and they were awesome.
What are your thoughts on Jeff's new bike? Is there anything you would change? Let us know!
The ownership :D
Worldwide Cyclery what pedals and shoes do you use in the video??
Jeff, dibs when you sell it! Sweet build...
Jeff could work on his 29er drifting skills kinda wonky his transition back to the pedals.
Get Onyx Vesper hub on the back, and enjoy tyre sound and animal life 😃 infinate engagement is just a plus.
I’ve got the same black and silver Mallets and they are ROCk solid. Also, hub engagement is way underrated on a mountain bike. I pulled mine apart and, for $40, put in 3 more pawls to make six and tighten up the ratio. That makes a big difference on fast technical stuff when shifting body weight around corners or obstacles and then quickly getting power down to the pedals.
Woah, I have never seen Jeff ride that steezy
Awesome, love the black and silver. Ride fast, be safe.
Absolutely epic bike!
Nice, congrats Jeff! Recently rode the Rascal and was blown away!
Just SOOO snazzy, that’s a dialed build👍
Yo that color combo is so clean!
Awesome bike and setup.
Nice ride, I have a 2020 trek ex fuel 9.7 on the way ordered it on Monday. Also will be ordering SRAM SRAM xx1 ax’s with the dropper seat post. I am picturing that rainbow cassette and chain up against the Miami green to Teal fade paint. This will be my first full suspension bike for me ever. I have always ridden hard tails. I also a ride road and gravel, so this will be bike number 4. Bikes are 2019 trek Madone SLR project one. 2019 cannondale top stone, 2017 trek Farley. Did my first road race on my Madone two weekends ago. Hope to more competing next year on the fuel and the gravel bike. I really enjoy the channel keep up. Nothing like a new bike day lol.
Sounds like an awesome fleet!
More than I deserve bro. My wife bought me all these fleet she is always surprising me with something, I am so blessed to have her she is a beautiful woman inside and out GOD has been good to me. We went to the bike shop to pick up 2020 fuel EX 8 and instead ended up ordering the carbon 9.7 EX will be going to shop in the morning to help build it up. You guys feature a lot sweet bikes on your channel also very informative as well. Keep up the Good work. 👍🏾
I just got that tire combo and love it
Those calveeees Jeff, wow! Bike is great too!
"I be up in the gym, just working on my fitness" -Fergie
Interested in the 29'er life and Revel bikes so I will be Demo'ing a Rascal from your PA location one of these weekends that the weather is decent!
CBF... that’s why I still have a 2016 Balance. Everything I’ve tried up to now doesn’t ride nearly as good imo. I do have a lot invested in my suspension, combine that with CBF and it’s untouchable. 11-6 in rear, 2016 fox 36 with Push ACS-3 and Avalanche Damper with all the bells and whistles.
Love that bike by the way.
Sounds like a killer build.
Revel bikes 💘
Awesome build Jeff congrats 🎈🎊
Soo stoked to see u stoked my fuy
Great vid and great build!, New bike day is the best day! I just got a new Surly ICT and did my TH-cam introduction of it.
ElevationEveryWeekend Nice review of your new ICT!
Stealth Bomber Jeff!
Dude you can shred!
I've been practicing for a while!
sweeeeet bike ya got there Jeff
Ive been looking at revels and talking to them a bit and i have to say, thats one of the sexiest bikes ive seen
yooo this is sick
dream bike!! awesome review
I guess you'll be running the Dissector upfront? Loving the 2.4 on the front of my Yeti 130, fast rolling, grippy and light.....
Hi Jeff, can you talk about/review the Revel Rail sometime soon? I'm more interested in a bigger susp 275. Thanks mate.
Neat.
Okay now that's a sick bike! And look it - Jeff can shred and ride pretty darn good. Now that I have more understanding of MTB and what I ride, I think my bike is a bit over suspensioned and would go the route that Jeff likes to go, although I still am not on the 29" wheel yet mostly because of my own ability to handle. Would love to hear a compare against the other trail bikes (i.e. Yeti, etc). Revel isn't also as common around here so wonder how service, etc is?
Thanks! Service is easy, Revel does not use any proprietary components so all service tools should be available at any bike shop.
Jeff quit slacking and get a real bike. I saw one at Walmart on Black Friday it was all shiny and green.
I love it
Great set-up, why change anything, but the tires, when you wanna try the new flavors. Everyone has the parts they really like.
Personally I wouldn’t build up a rig with less than i30 rims and most likely will be going i35 because I like the way 2.6” tires shape with that combo. Other parts are just really about what I prefer. I’m using the new 4 piston XTR trail brakes and like them but I’m used to Shimano brakes.
Awesome build mate! I’d only go hope brakes instead of sram as the have the same modulation and adjustment but way better build quality and reliability. I’ve got the rail and they’re amazing bikes for sure...
bless you jeff, love this channel, but my wallet hates you :(
There might be a layaway plan at your local bikes shop that's what I have in mind myself
Or go direct sales like yt or canyon
When do you get the nice hollow cut ends on the lowers of the RS pike? I really want those for my next build.....
Jeff, can you do a comparison of the Revel Rascal and Transition Smuggler?
I think a silver cassette to match the Pike would’ve been the cherry on top
No doubt the torque cap really does make a difference in precision steering 💪💪
Looks almost identical to a Canyon Spectral CF 9.0 minus the AXS mods. Beautiful build!
Hey Jeff! Why did you go w/ xx1 instead of x01? I thought xx1 was directed towards xc/marathon while x01 is more enduro/trail rated. Aren’t you afraid the carbon derailleur cage will snap or get damaged?
he's a little bit of a weight weenie
$30 more and 50g less. No brainer
Duane Hundley not 50, it’s 15g but in return you get a carbon derailleur cage which is more prone to breaking I guess?
Phil Rossetti I thought we were talking about the cranks. Those are 50-52g ish lighter
I've only ever owned one derailleur with a carbon cage. It's the only derailleur I never bent or broke. I did go through a few hangers
You guys should have filmed the build-up and gotten Gee Miller to feature this beaut. Truly a dream build.
Did you see their epic build video! th-cam.com/video/r1xjhTryeRA/w-d-xo.html
Looks sweet but xo1 axs woulda matched better and been even cooler with all the silver. Those wheels are truly sick though!
Hi, Thanks for inspiring me to get a trail bike , your videos helped decide on my frame . I got myself a revel rascal. I was going to do PIKE on it at 140mm, but noticed that Revel is stocking 2023 with Lyrik. Which one would you recommend on the rascal ? I do trail riding , no big jumps . But i am 185lb. Wondering if the new 2023 pike and lyrik have changed to be more mellower to accomodate Zeb in their lineup and hence Lyrik would be more suitable than Pike on Rascal ? I am obviously confused. Could you advice me. Thanks
Cooool bike
What are you smoking out of that pipe next to your computer?
Motor bike noises
Kazoo
How's it compare to the sb45? Yeti freaks feel a 130/140mm is a better replacment to a sb45c vs sb100
They are both great bikes in their own way, their not easy to compare really.
Are there 20 mm torque caps?
Sick bike ! I thought Hollywood only used stunt doubles but I guess you have one too to shred your bikes 🥴😅... j/k congrats! 🍾
Awesome build. But why don't you use Hope brakes?
I'm just a Sram guy.
I thought i was the only one that sleep with my bike 😁
Are you planning on sticking with the Maxxis 2.4" tires with your 270 rims?
Yes sir! I've got 20+ rides on that so far and it's all good. Don't really notice much difference from the 30.5 internal width rims.
@@WorldwideCyclery Nice! Thanks for the update. Weight weenies' gotta stick together 👍
What do you do with your old bikes. My 16 4.5 wouldn’t mind being a backup bike 😝
I usually sell them online once the time comes to change bikes. They are listed on our Worldwide Cyclery PinkBike.
Is that spork/bottle opener a real item? I almost ordered it the other night.
Heck yeah, we actually made them and you can actually order them.
Hey Jeff, what pedals and shoes do you use?
Dissector in front or rear?
Good question.
Dissector on the front.
Sweet build .. 🤪🤪
Thank you.
You should have done chrome hub on front and black hub in the back
Love to ride this bike, but I swear by Ergon saddles and their GA2 Fat grips. So I'd be part swapping those first
I am curious to have Jeff's comments on the bike, now that it has been several months... I am ordering one, but I am tempted to upgrade the suspension to the PUSH ElevenSix & ACS3 fork kit.
You guys also have these at the shop, so I'd like your thoughts on this bike with PUSH suspension.... worth it? will it make it even better?
Haha, your groupset costs more than some full sus trail bikes
Ouch... 😅 💰
More than my house
Have you tried the Hope brakes? They are more reliable than SRAM, easily serviced, and have all the adjustability you can ask for. I'm getting my Rascal next week....super stoked (with Hope brakes :)
Nice bike! How's the fit in comparison to Yeti? I know Jeff normally rides long bikes...
Speaking of Yeti, what's up with not promoting Yeti's on this channel anymore?;
I'm riding a large Rascal frame which has a 464 reach and 1220 wheelbase which I'm really happy with. Still longer for me as my height would say but a solid wheelbase for a 130 bike. After that seat tube cutting experiment on that Yeti 4.5 I kind of found the limit on size I'd want for a mid-travel 29'r.
As for Yeti on this channel. Our goal is not to "promote" anything but rather feature and talk about stuff we're excited about and interested in ourselves. We launched 3 new Yeti videos for all their new bikes a few months back. Since then we haven't had anything new and exciting to talk about from them. But don't worry, we still love Yeti. We love all bikes man 😁
@@WorldwideCyclery besides your 4.5 seat tube experiment...have you run into seat tubes being to long? How do you deal with it?
Nice
That thumbnail though ;)
Love the bike man, is there a reason other than price that you didn’t go with an unno?
I've always wanted to build an Unno and I am sure I will sometime in the future but it just wasn't in the plan this time around.
GOBI M-1 for me---I think MTB YUM YUM did a review on one of those
Jeff the last 11sp savour has switched to the 12sp dark side
+Worldwide Cyclery please do a video of bikes like this one that don't have a bashguard and see if one can be installed so I can purchase one from you guys!
With good bike every day is like nbd
Hey Jeff, any idea of your build weight? Thanks!
maybe watch the video bro
I did, but did not hear about weight... ;)
bouzouki2006 It’s at the very end of the video. 28 lbs
Thanks!
AXS everything. SRAM brakes. RS suspension. Even a Truvativ bar. And no Zipp wheels??? Okay the black/silver I9s do look pretty boss. Yes, I just used boss as an adjective. Deal with it.
You should make a stem length video, theres no good one online that feels current. Thinking about swapping my 47mm stem to a 40mm.
I cannot comment until jeff plays the kazoo...
Nasty!!
ok HOW MUCH DID THE TOTAL build cost ?
About $10k give or take a couple bucks.
@@WorldwideCyclery I'd personally dump it on an Intense m29 Fro
thanks for the reply I can honestly say I can't come close to affording $10 grand for a bike
Dang that looks awesome :). I'm in the market for something very similar(possibly a Rascal, wish it was easier to demo here). Anyone have any thoughts on onyx vesper vs i9 hydra? I'd love a silent hub and I think that's worth the weight penalty to me (+ the other benefits, less drag, just as good or better engagement).
I've had the onyx vesper for two months and absolutely love them. I'd go onyx for sure.
Alex Durant awesome! That’s what I was hoping to hear :)
What's the diameter of the grips?
What’s the weight of this bike? And size?
It is a Medium and weighs 28lbs 11oz with pedals.
@@WorldwideCyclery Thanks for the Video, Jeff. I believe you said earlier you were riding a large? Are you about 5'9"? I'm seriously considering replacing my Following MB with a rascal, and trying to get a handle on sizing. Thanks! Love WWC!
what size frame? And how is the fit?
Bro my guy can make a whole thesis on bikes
road saddle!
Jeff, when you say you want stealth. But your groupset and fork looks too flashy. LOL
Yo Jeff, roll through lower Michigan for some super slow, flat land, trail riding. I will show you around in exchange for letting me ride your new bike 🤣🤣🤣
Yo, Ron Hit DTE foundation trail, The Big Kame, The Winn loop, and the new Sugar Loaf loop. 18 miles of the best in S.E. Michigan. Ride fast, be safe
@@terrymtbnurse4760 If I were going to take anyone MTBing in lower Michigan, those would be the first trails I went to. Just rode there for the first time this fall, and they were awesome.
@@ronhalfman4158 Right on man, I'm fortunate enough to only live 30 minutes away. Those trails never get boring. Have an excellent winter.
Nice build Jeff owner of Worldwide Cycles.....how many coins? My guess $9,458.00
It was just about $10,000.00
That is the wet dream of any respectable bike snob/geek.
trail name please!
Felipe mr toads
Thank God it's not a Yeti.
Soooo... we gotta be pushing 10k here, right?
Nice, do you do any Raffles on your old bikes? Like $20 raffle tickets and someone wins it?
I just sell them used online but a raffle may be a good idea...
Sure were tearing up the trail, there. Love the bike, tho
Jeff ... since we are all weight weenies... care to share?
I slightly suspect that that bike is a little bit out of my range ….. Lol
1st, dammit, 2nd
But, how do you feel a connection to your bikes when you change them so often? Looks sweet though, the bike haha!
A Rainbow cassette and chain are not exactly colorless...
New bike every 6-8 months 🤭
Sorry, I can’t relate.
Stop talking and play that kazoo, man! 😄
I love how the thumbnail implies that he f-Ed the bike
That bike could be completely mudded and it still would be flashy
And then he got the ranger
"Not as flashy"
- gets an oil slick xx1 axs cassette