Chapter One: "High Highs and Low Lows," she's my favourite 🥰

The first 15 seconds were all we needed to see to open our wallets.

Great video and story. Love that wagon with the roof rack!

Sold! I want it 🤤... Also this trail looks SICK

Blaaa,blaaaa,blaaaa

Frame storage is the only missing option…

Glad Alicia has recovered since.

Any chance you could review the new SB165?🙏🏼

I wish someone would give me this bike 😭😭

I think the bike is relatively loud, can that be? is it the bike or what is it? chain? Cable inside?

Its definitely not a great climber. After testing i picked the prior year version which is my opinion a much more versatile bike. And subjectively the best bike in my collection. I have 8 bikes :0 The new one reminded me too much of my 2022 norco range. Therange has more drag on the drive system but i would even say it climbs better (position, traction) if you have the legs :)

Just ordered the Jeffsy Uncaged 13. CANNOT WAIT

does this bike sit a little more upright?

I don't think I've ever seen anyone ride double down that good

Press fit bottom bracket?

Is this the same rear suspension layout that Intense has?

Great story and great filmmaking. a pleasure to watch :)

Just picked up SB160 c1 today. I got for a killer deal. I love this bike

I can't decide between one of these or pay a little more for an Optic

I would have crashed like 7 times during those descents 😰

Perfect dream bike for my sky island backyard . Great bike handling but, bro you’re downshifts sounds like dropping a soup can full of bolts. Subscribed ! Zoomiez😝

Dude's going easy is my race speed.

if you are breathing this hard I'm going to die on the climb.

Question about how tall you are? Seems like all the bike reviews you do are on a large frame. Thanks!

Beautiful

If l had my choice l would choose the previous. Extremely capable but also adaptable. Some say its a glorified trail bike, and maybe thats true but damn its a true quiver killer. It looks way better too

I’ve watched every one of the bike reviews and Spencer has not had as much fun on any other bike as he did with this. Hence I purchased one and I concur on the fun factor.

In the mid 70s my friends and I were building 20" versions of these klunkers. We called them swamp racers and rode them on wetland paths that we made and maintained near my Minneapolis home. In the early 80s my best friends cousin moved here from California with a Mongoose BMX bike, it was so different from our bikes that it could have been brought in by a spaceship!

This video is just FIRE!

Seems like Rocky is planning on sparing out the Slayer by upsizing the Altitude 🤔

I actually am really not a fan of how the new frame looks... part of the reason why I loved my old altitude so much. it was also an amazing climber and made you feel like the effort you were putting in was worth it, coming from someone who owned the new norco range prior to the altitude. I feel like the new frame looks too similar to so many other bikes on the market...enduro, nomad, etc

exo+ with cushcore wins for me on a bike like this

Add the non existent Dyname 5.0 motor to this and I'm sold .

It seems like a very appropriate tire spec for the bike which is rare... The PNW may be particularly friendly to tires, but a 160/170mm bike certainly deserved DD tires in most places.

I was so excited to test this bike! 🔥

Looks like an Enduro..

Nice work, as always, and thanks! How would you describe this compared to the SB160 you tested recently?

What a beauty

That’s definitely kushcore breathing

Damn this bike is noisy

I demoed one a couple weeks ago, your take on it is the exact same as mine. Butter smooth through chunk, almost a little too long, the long back end really does make you feel like you're riding off the front. The rattle-y dropper post I was told only happens with the Fox and Raceface (rebranded Fox) dropper by the RM rep at the demo, other than that dropper the bike is extremely quiet. I still think I like my 2023 Altitude just a little bit more

I was torn between this and the sb160..thoughts?

Great bike, unfortunately really expensive in the Netherlands. How does this bike stack up against a Santa Cruz Megatower? Or when you ride it in mullet against a Nomad?

Interesting but very noisy bike, it seems. It's a shame that they scrapped the excellent modular Altitude platform they already had with ride9, adjustable shock mount _and_ adjustable chainstays. I haven't checked the leverage curve, but I'm assuming this design won't work as well with a coil as the previous generation.

These reviews are too good man

Kinda crazy to hear bike reviewers complain about thin casing tires coming standard on 160 travel bikes and then also complain when the right tires for the bike are speced as standard. Always remember that complaining is one of the three pillars of cycling 😂

Great review as always. I would never buy a Rocky mountain. They are just too expensive.

@freehubmagazine Any thoughts of doing the reviews WITHOUT reading any geo numbers beforehand? Just ride it and review it, THEN see the numbers.

haha I'm with you on the 32t chainring. Currently riding a Spec. Status 160 and the 32t kills me in the SLC/Park City area. I need to try swapping to a 28t.

I was able to demo the bike a few weeks ago. The grip on the climbs is the best I've felt. I cleared several tech climbs I usually spin out on or get bucked off my line. It takes more watts on the fire road type climbs but single track tech it is amazing. very quite bike. Feels very stout and a bit heavy though. Would be great if you spend at least 50% of your time in the bike park. I thought it was one of the first bikes I've rod that truly fits the "if you are not going fast in the craziest lines, the bike will make most riding boring" category.