"Down Country" VS. Trail Mountain Bikes (are they REALLY different?)

[@joshdesj]

cool video... love all of the Bend backdrop shots 😎

[@bikesonline]

Thanks! 😃

[@BestBuysReviewed]

Polygon is a real deal

[@bikesonline]

Yes indeed!

[@chrisjones7281]

Having both the D and the T, I used my same wheel and tire combo on both , and the T climbs equally well as the D but it was better everywhere else. The stock wheel and tire combo is heavy on the T. There is no place I consider the D a better option, regardless of where you ride. Again, owning both.😊

[@sadiejones7991]

Are you running equal lap times? I own both but I'm way faster on my down country but the weight difference is huge between the two and I have race tires on the down and grips on my trail.

[@bikesonline]

Thank you for sharing!

[@TheRealPervySage]

What tire combo?

[@kinglachieMTB]

i recently bought a d7 and couldnt be happier with it

[@bikesonline]

Glad you love it!

[@FredVanAllenRealtor]

I have a d7 because it is the right bike for where I ride-Bonelli SoCal. I am 71 and most of the time I ride it locked out just to up the downhill challenge a bit, but make the climbs easier. I also added a smaller sprocket.

[@tl924]

I actually just built a downdurocontrailxcee bike that I'm really impressed with.

[@bikesonline]

Very nice!

[@danielwu7238]

what is a downdurocontrailxcee bike?

[@tl924]

@@danielwu7238 it's a joke about the ever increasing amount of categories of mountain bikes. It's a down country trail enduro xc bike, it does everything lol.

[@WaduhLupa257]

Well, I bought the D7, apart from the fact that where I live, I will climb uphill more often on a daily basis, but also because of the color 😅

[@bikesonline]

very nice!

[@marcfechtner1074]

I’ve got a d6 that I’m pretty happy with. Wish I had money to upgrade the fork.. and will soon change out the cassette or ring gear to help with climbs.

[@bikesonline]

Very nice! Enjoy your D6!

[@panji_patria]

29er D7 Rocks !!! You can abuse it smoothly..... Super comfy geometry..... I'm 170cm using Medium frame and its a blast 🎉 Almost forget....I replace the stock fork with RS Yari - Boost 120mm

[@bikesonline]

Glad you agree!

[@aldrinclementina4297]

Where I live, we do more xc.(Curacao, Caribbean) But there are some sketchy descents and some climbs. I don't know which to go for 😢

[@bikesonline]

Sketchy descents would probably be better managed by a Siskiu T, but everything else sounds like a Siskiu D would be just fine!

[@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx]

I have a T6 love it lots

[@bikesonline]

That's awesome! Enjoy all of those adventures aboard your new T6!

[@curtisb9424]

dude polygon must be sending these things to a lot of youtubers i swear everyone has a t6/d7 review coming out

[@bikesonline]

BikesOnline is behind that. 😎

[@jf8534]

So youre saying its not the size of your suspension, its how you use it...

[@bikesonline]

Perhaps!

[@ryancarpenter3353]

I’m not sure it’s as simple as travel. Ibis Ripley has 120 travel and it is more trail oriented than xc.

[@bikesonline]

There are a multiple factors to it, yes.

[@19hundoc47]

Wendy didn’t know xc bikes could rip

[@bikesonline]

She knows now!

[@thevapingpolisher9717]

I want the d7 frame only

[@bikesonline]

That would be awesome.