This is going to be a really great series!! Just what I have been waiting from you after the high low ended😊

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Haha I almost did another high low spin off starting this month but couldn't make it work. I was going to pimp out the Schwinn Taff but it just didn't feel right

@mtbguy10

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga You might not remember but I actually requested that a while ago and we had a conversation about it. Can’t wait to see the Scout🤟

@save_potato643

Жыл бұрын

I remember you too man 😂

Head tube badges is one of thoose "novelty" things that i feel give a lot of personality to bikes, i think it's a shame that many bikes just don't have them anymore.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Right! *cough* Ibis lol

@charlesholland6851

Жыл бұрын

Salsa for the win. Peppers are cool

@Digital_Gangster

Жыл бұрын

Canfield wins for coolest head badge

@MTB_Derbyshire

7 ай бұрын

Original Cotic badge takes some beating 😎

Ok now this is epic

Awesome series!! I really like that you are just going to transfer parts over to each bike to try and keep a level playing field. The Ragley looks sweet and when the price is considered, it looks even sweeter. Looking forward to the series!

Loved the video! Brings back the vibe of the bit older ones. Excited 4 the series.

Cant wait to see more of this cool series good job man!!

Great video man. It really helped me to find good hardtail.

Perfect! I was looking forward to see this 23 version in review.

Love this new series you got going on, looking forward to the Nukeproof scout video. Congrats on the big 100k subs Evan!

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek! I hope you're getting to ride this summer!

Really fun video, look forward to future frame comparisons

Excited for the next episode, I've been eyeing that Scout for quite a while.

The routing for the cables on ragleys work better if you cross them after the first bolt on cable guide so they flair eitherside of the head tube .

Nice review. I've had this frame since May and its been great. Its extremely confident on steeps and jumps. The bike is also great as an all-rounder- long cross country epics. I'm running 2.6 tyres and run them below 20psi for a comfortable ride. Well worth considering if you want a great 'do it all ride'

Yeah Even!! I love this series. I have a 21 Ragley Big AL and I have 30mm of spacers as well as 35mm risers. So I get the Low stack. I love the bike but have been wanting a change as well so I was looking at the updated frame. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Awesome work :)

Sick to see this one dude, can't wait for the next episode !

Thanks for the review. Glad you liked the changes we made.

Hardtails are a blast! Keep the HT content coming!

This series is gonna be insane!

Love riding my Nukeproof scout! Really looking forward to hearing what you think 👌

I’m so excited for this series. I just built up a Kona Honzo ST so I’m really interested to see how all the frames I did NOT pick stack up!

@Gav_in

Жыл бұрын

good choice, steel hardtails are the best!

@notpablo8369

Жыл бұрын

Wished kona didnt phased out the Honzo (down country geo)

Awesome build and the turquoise blue frame looks super.💯👌🏻🚴‍♀️

*80’s action voice* HARDTAIL QUEST!!!! Great video Evan! I am looking forward to the series 🤠

Evan does the best reviews much love bro

Enjoying the HT videos. These days I ride my Big Al 9 times out of 10 and leave my 160mm enduro bike at home. The HT is so much better at climbing and super fun downhill too. As you say like a jump bike. The only time I miss the rear travel is on hardcore downhill tracks.

Oh yeahhh this is an awesome series

Well, i build up a Dartmoor Primal 29 frame last year. Its awesome. I wonder of you could bring that one in too?? Keep up the good work 👍

Cool idea for a series!

Can not wait for the rest to come. Hopefully you got a Stanton Switch9er or a Kona Honzo ESD in 😍

Keep testing, Banshee Paradox V3 should be on your list as well.

I just went biking at Coler for the first time last Tuesday and I have to say Fireline was one of the best trails I may have ever ridden. And some of rental shops out in bentonville are amazing. I was able to rent a 2023 Trek Fuel Ex carbon for only 100 dollars a day!

Great series idea! I think you should also try the Salsa Timberjack!

Definitely excited about this series, great video dude! If you had to go with either full squish or hard tail only,forever, what would you do lol?

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

I'd honestly pick a full sus with your rules, just cuz I like riding the Enduro stuff too

@anthonyscuderi9931

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga hell ya I dig it man

Dude your videos are so high quality

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

I have a Ragley Marley and by far my favorite bike that I've ridden. I will say that there are times I would like some rear squish but it honestly shreds.

you did great job on the intro that was cool.

Aggressive hardtail should always be steel. Unless you're extra fancy, in which case it should be titanium! When you try one, you'll know why.

@nestormontagu4718

11 ай бұрын

Why?

This is going to be an awesome series of hardtails, would you do a marin bike build, and can't wait for Nukeproof bike.

small mistake at 2:31. You had the old and the new stack heights stated as the same

I ride a specialized fuse it comes in 29 and 27.5, has an adjustable dropout, and 130mm of travel and I love the frame

Great new series!! Try out a Banshee Paradox. I have had many HT and this one is the absolute pinnacle (for an enduro hardtail). 😅

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Banshee Paradox will be one that I test!

Great vid hope the giant fathom and specialized fuse are in this

The ad was amazing! 😂

Imo you want a hardtail to be shorter in reach, and slacker in head/seat angles because the lack of rear suspension rotates the frame at sag and as you go through the suspension. 63.5 sounds extra slack but it’s not that bad.

Good work.

Finally! Hardtail content is a-booming

That ad was amazing

Love my paradox! Hope you get to try one in the series.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

That is one I'm trying!

@Justin0765

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga sweet!

@user-kk9ez9hg4z

Жыл бұрын

​@@EvansMTBSagathis is the hardtail I'm most curious about. Looking forward to your review!

@ronjroutdoors1980

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. The Paradox is awesome. Built mine up last fall.

@Justin0765

Жыл бұрын

I just love how versatile it is. Currently running it at 140 but considering a more xc oriented 120 for lower weight.

The Kona Honzo ESD is the hardtail to beat for all around performance. The Rocky Mountain Growler is decent, too. They are super long and slack.

Ragley big al and Nukeproof scout are my favorite hardtails. Affordable and fun. Plus you can get them frame only and build them up how you want. Or you can get them built already(except the new big al, frame only). Im glad you got to review this bike. The new ragley big al will be my next bike. I like that you are doing this series. Cheers!

@douglasalexander4348

Жыл бұрын

@jesseonly1327 Why are you choosing the Ragley over the Nukeproof ? May get one or other in the future. The new nuke has different geometry to the old, have you tried it ?

Even with my infinite love for the confort of a full sus, you just can't go wrong with the classic format

👍great video, i have the 2022 model, but that 2023 big al frame looks very nice🤔it will be interesting to see how the nukeproof scout compares to the big al👍

Just get ya a Commencal Meta HT and you'll love it way more than any other bike. I stand by it. Scouts honor

Great series, please try and get your hands on a a canyon stoic

Evan have you tried a Downhill bike?And are you going to build one?love your videos!

You should consider the new updated Trek Roscoe, I built one and I’m in love with it!

So keen for the nukeproof scout video

Check out the dartmoor range of Hardtail. I ride the hornet and love it, its 27.5, I think the primal is the 29 inch version 👍

Looks like a Yeti if you squint! absolutely beautiful bike!

I just bought a big al and I can safely say its a good bike!

I knew it! I could tell in the last video that one of the hardtails was gonna be the nuke proof scout

I agree that tech trails are where a hardtail is great. Especially when you are on the edge of exposed trails and have to do some “trials” type of maneuvering. After seeing your interpretation of tech trails, I guess it depends on where you are used to riding. To me that trail seemed very tame and not that technically. Definitely didn’t have a lot of chunk or ruts. Not any drops or natural features. Thanks for sharing

Pretty smart to compare the last gen vs new gen ragley back to back (black vs blue)

Loving the Goonzquad T-shirt I watch them a lot tooo!

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah. Maybe one day I'll be buying $135k Shelby trucks too 😂 (doubt it lol)

@Nate12345

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSagaif you don’t already know this my main channel is “Backyard MTBer” but I do this one for fun. Also if you can afford a Trek Roscoe 7 I would like to see you test it in this new series. I have and it’s great on everything. I haven’t ridden it on very much tech but I’ll be testing that when I hopefully go to wind rock bike park for the first time here in a couple months.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

@@Nate12345 Oh thats rad Nate. The Roscoe will be one of the 8 bikes I'm testing!

Evan, test out the Stoic. It's an amazing hard tail and looks fantastic.

Great idea!. Back to looking forward to a new video each week. I'm very keen to see how the Scout goes. Funny how Americans say Aluminium 🙈.

nothing beats the first hard tail you ride :) love the blue though 🤘

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Haha my first Hardtail was a Schwinn Axum. Everything beats that bike

@josephawatson

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga it got you into the sport regardless of it's faults fond memories were made. Mine was a Fuji Nevada.

Hardtails are the jam!

I'll take the old Big Al frame!

Think giving it a 2 because you prefer the look of different tubes is harsh tbh.

You should put more travel on the fork it looks like the bb height isn't that high, I have a 180mm on my hardtail which is kind of overkill lol and it has been pretty good looking to upgrade into a downhill bike but put a single crown on it

Now that Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles have filed for restructuring, its pretty much impossible to get a Ragley frames shipped to the US.

@EvansMTBSaga

7 ай бұрын

I'm selling the two that I have if you're interested in a medium!

@AndrewSmyk

7 ай бұрын

I need size large.

Looks very Yeti like. I'm a fan!

Ahhh, now I understand why you were "secretly" riding the NukeProof Scout 290 we saw a couple of videos ago. At $499 for a bare frame, it is in the same price class as this new Ragley. Edit: Maybe I should wait until the end of a video before commenting.

Hey Evan I’m going to be in bentonville the first week in august and was wondering what the best trails are or the best area for a intermediate on a not good hard tail. I also want you to know I am a huge fan or your channel keep up the good work.

@Youraveragerider-uh6mz

Жыл бұрын

I would love to ride with you Ik you prob get this a lot but I would also like to know what the best areas

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Best area is Coler - Thunderdome, Esther's, Family Flow, Fireline Slaughter Pen - Castle hub, Boo Boo, Leopards, Jesses Last Stand Hope to see you on the trail!

@Youraveragerider-uh6mz

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga thanks

Season 1 of Hardtail Quest is going to be epic

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah thanks Clint

The new Ragley looks gorgeous, a bit like the Yeti. Do you tested the Commencal meta hd also aren't you? Isn't that a Hardtail, too?Nevertheless I'm looking forward to see your opinion on the Nukeproof scout.

@kmsbailey405

Жыл бұрын

Meta HT (HardTail)

Aluminum is a good choice since it’s what most people ride and can afford. If I could I would add a nimble 9 and a yeti arc to my bike fleet.

I want to try different frames out!

Can you review the new canyon stoic? With your parts but also a review of just stock

thats a really good intro for the series! Also the ragley reminds me of your sb115. Why not carbon?

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Carbon will be season 3

@LukeRaymondMTB

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga what’s the plan for season 2?

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Steel!

I was just thinking of this channel yesterday wondering where you've been.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Took a week off to dial in this series. No more breaks until September!

@dadbod4life

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga I won’t ever criticize a break!! You have to live life too! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

Bro you better try out the 150 mm fork raise de bottom bracket an makes it more play full

This came out at the wrong time for me 😂 I just barely pulled the trigger and bought myself a steel Marino hardtail

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Dude that's rad! Steel will be season 2. What color frame did you pick? Do they customize geometry too?

@MB-jz3uu

Жыл бұрын

​@@EvansMTBSagayeah they make custom frames. Spindatt has a custom Marino full suspension that's been good to him so far.

@owenissimo

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga I got hammered blue and I think it looks sick! And yes they do make custom geo for cheap I got mine for 500 shipping and all. Only problem is the wait time is 4 months

Great stuff! But I'm confused by point 1. Why does an aluminium frame mean a 'mountain bike with no rear suspension'? That's the definition of a hardtail. Script issue?

🤔do you grease the headtube cups or do they go in dry🤔just incase i build me own one day👍

The Geo chart for this bike is based on a 160mm fork, I believe. I think 140mm fork might be better suited to their Marley frame. Thanks.

Yes

Awesome review. I just got this bike a few weeks ago. Did you happen to get the weight. Mine is 28.5 lbs.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

27.4 for mine. I have those super light wheels though

Try the Canyon Stoic!!

Nice!

Dudes gonna make me end up buying a HT

Canyon stoic please Love that bike.

You should test NS Bikes Eccentric. Super stiff and realy fun to ride. Grest series - love hardtails

I love for you to try and source a Trek Roscoe frame and try that out. HT party said it was pretty well balanced but I’d love another opinion from someone I trust.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

That'll be episode 3!

@Prodiod

Жыл бұрын

@@EvansMTBSaga hell yeah! They come stock with 140mm but I find the 150mm on mine more usable for where I ride. You’ll also need the 31.6 seat post shim for this one.

Rocky Mountain Growler would be a good comparison.

I've been looking at hardtails recently I've ridden a trail and Enduro bike for 2 years and I miss the chaos hardtail

nice i'm waiting for nukeproof scout.. i have pimp scout black 2023 is the dream

The Canyon stoic would bei interessting

Review the Santa Cruz Chameleon please! Can’t be on a quest for the ultimate hardtail without the Chameleon

I highly reccomend the Starling Roost, they are a smaller company out of the UK. It is steal so I guess we wont see it on this series. None the less it is an absolute blast.

@EvansMTBSaga

Жыл бұрын

Steel will be season 2!

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

The only thing better than a good hardtail, is an indesteuctible hardtail. Afterall, rims break anyways right?