Ahead of the release of the DarkFest highlights edit tomorrow, we thought the timing was right to give you up close and personal looks at the machines that make going big possible. Sam Reynolds' Polygon DH9 | Black is beautiful! When Polygon told me they were making a black bike for 2017 I begged for the first one of course. Building it up with the all black SR Suntour RUX fork, Spank Vibrocore bars, and E13 wheels and cranks just looks awesome. I'm the only guy riding 27.5" wheels, I prefer it because I'm pretty tall, so throwing it around isn't an issue, but I think they feel better for big whips and slicing through the air. I'm testing out the new prototype Kenda semi-slicks too, they were so good for carrying speed. So good that everyone else followed and cut their tires down for speed too.— Sam Reynolds |
Kurt Sorge's Polygon DH9Adolf Silva's YT TuesAndreu Lacondeguy's YT TuesEthan NellCam ZinkClemens Kaudela's Merida FreerideNico Vink's Scott GamblerKyle Jameson's Scott Voltage FRAggy's Kona OperatorKeep your eyes peeled, the edit drops tomorrow!
They actually have a pretty impressive record in road cycling, but their MTB's are just fugly and quite supermarket-y.
A joke is like a frog...
Someone better tell them that 26" wheels suck and that theyll be shunned in the street if they keep riding them.
Ps. Im being sarcastic.
All I can remember is people bashing on them back in the day, and now a bunch of big name pros are riding for them....
I think in a lot of cases, people are not aware of how bikes and components actually come into being. Someone is making them, and by that I mean getting the metal and actually manufacturing them.
People are so easily fooled by brand names and fashion, they don't think to look past them.
For example, there was one the other day. It might be in this thread even, about Merida. Obviously written by someone who didn't know Merida manufactures Specialized's bikes and they own a considerable stake in each other's companies.
Nothing wrong with Suntour. Except they don't have a cool sounding name and big name athletes... but it's changing I guess.
And they do have some big name athletes now, seeing as Reynolds is riding them, and I just saw a post from Tippie that he was taggin suntour in.
Aggy's bike is totally dope btw!!
trying to be patient, but c'mon west coasters... get up, down that cup o' joe and hit the upload button already!!!
The worry is less your chain falling off and more bending the chainring on a rock or something.
I don't know what it is though, because it's sunny and the phone isn't bright enough.
They ride it on pure darkness on dj/ss bikes, throwing tricks, and now DH bikes?For what?
I don't get your comment about FBM versus FEST riders... You're trying to tell me that guys like Lacondeguy, Semenuk or Berrecloth can't do both FEST and FMB? Sure theres some specialists that stick to their thing but theres often a lot of overlap...