Evil Calling Review - 2017 Bible of Bike Tests

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Still waiting on parts to come in for mine. been drooling over it

[@iainthavinthat]

I saw you keep it in the closet!

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Skills With Phil Didnt you get the frame like 2 or 3 weeks ago?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Shimano.

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Skills With Phil Sponsorship or did you choose it?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Phoenix. Yup, taking longer than i wanted but that's life.

[@abrahamjohnson518]

Where can I get the Shaky Cam you use?

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

And sick audio brah.

[@MitsuFQ400]

Ive been waiting for you guys to review this. I commented before even watching the video

[@jcmymtb1258]

Have you guys ever try Propain bikes?

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

They never tried propain. They should though. I have a Propain Spindrift and its fucking amazing. It isnt the best climber, but you got a lockout of a reason. On the descend though, holy shit. It feels like a DH bike. The smaller Tyee is pretty similar and the Rage DH bike is one of the lightest production DH bikes and still affordable. The AL version is 2500€ in the cheapest build. The PRO 10 suspension has nearly no pedal kickback and is pretty much 100% independent from braking. They have the value for money of a typical direct sales bike company and you get really good agressive geometry, that you for some reason only see in really expensive bikes these days. As if geometry cost money.

[@ethan22boone]

Any chance ya'll will run the Calling in a 26+ setup? I'd love to hear more about how it rides in that regard!

[@Hawlkeye-e9p]

26 rear, 27.5 front, 150 fork, rin in slack mode, 30mm id rims. now were talkin epic. beast build allows it to punch through to a higher lvl bike. drop in a 780 bar and gearing up.

[@markkligerman6861]

I love these guys just talking about bikes.

[@urayamusan]

I'm torn between the Yeti Sb5c or the Evil Calling for my next bike. Sadly I can only have 1 of them in my garage. Which one would you guys be going for between the 2? I ride in the Bay Area where the local trails involve massive climbs and descent that follows.

[@sageWENG]

I ride because it's fun and every time they talk about Evil bikes, they mention how fun a bike it is. So if I had to choose between two amazing bike like you are, I'm going with the bike I think I'm going to have the most fun with.

[@jdenomy9340]

I am in the same predicament

[@alexanderdefender]

DW link is uhmazing. I have an ibis mojo hd3 which uses a similar suspension design (guy who owns evil makes the dw-link suspension design). "Bottomless" suspension travel, feels like an XC bike when on the juice and soaks up everything when it's pointed down. Their other review on the sb5c sounds very tempting but my personal experience you can hear in this review and then my bike's review, it's a bike that checks all marks. Can't go wrong with either choice.

[@urayamusan]

AlexRAWsome thanks for the advice. my heart says Evil but my mind says Yeti. Tough decision to make as both are amazing bikes.

[@alexanderdefender]

Yeti's a little more money but you also get that "switch infinity" design which I heard requires minimal maintenance. If you can test ride either that's the best way to know. I bought my bike blindly and lucked out that it's one of the better bike designs. Warranty is another consideration with Yeti because I heard some of their rear triangles broke during testing last year. Food for thought. GL!

[@Stchamps]

What bike compares closest to an Evil Calling?

[@MTBzine]

Evil bikes are so awesome, still have the Undead and The Following love them both so much, but when is Evil coming out with a true DH bike again like the Undead? The Undead was the best DH bike I've ever ridden and I don't want to let it go!

[@phantomrider86]

I am looking to buy an Evil, but it is a tough decision between the Calling or the Follow MB. I live in the New England area and was wondering which bike would you guys chose for such terrain ?

[@thepedalingchef1738]

I have been waiting for this review. thanks guys. I think I decided on my next bike. now to find a place I can demo one

[@kacy750]

does evil make aluminum frame bike's?

[@jcmymtb1258]

apollo 74 No. I dont think so

[@ferranvillanueva4313]

wich one do you preffer? calling or following MB?

[@asselinpower]

Man, I love my Calling, coolest bike ever 🤘

[@ReviewsByWOOWOO]

Sigh why did they discontinue this bike...

[@nickshevchenko1993]

it's not discontinued they just haven't updated any of their 27.5 bikes and are sold out, hopefully they'll release new versions fairly soon

[@ReviewsByWOOWOO]

@@nickshevchenko1993 the calling is out of production. A rep told me there are no immediate plans to update the calling and eventually something would emerge.

[@jackschreuder5657]

please make another undead evil I love mine and would gladly buy another 😢

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

The guy in the glasses looks like Shrek riding. I love it!

[@rekamniar]

CanyonMiniCooper maybe thats why he felt a minute flexing

[@jltrack]

The guy in the middle with the glasses makes the most sense. The two on the left and right are nerds.

[@tubbsnd]

scout vs calling...

[@mc540flip]

Stoked

[@OG_SQUID_MTB]

These guys are always on Evils nuts. Must be on the payroll ?

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Evil simply makes amazing bikes. Thats all. What do you expect for 7000$?

[@thunder0ne100]

ahh bow flex this bike is .

[@zip7806]

Difficult to understand you guys when your drunk.

[@ben3989]

sounds hellish.