Will, which one will you buy, this one, fuel ex or stumpjump evo?
@aaronburela432 Жыл бұрын
I like the idea of a longish teavel flex stay pivot. Cool bike 🔥
@dhruvsawarkar3285 Жыл бұрын
Hey Will, don't you think that bikes in this travel range (150-160front and 140-150rear)should come with fox float x or some shock with piggyback? I would say that every bike with a 36 must have one.
@bitumen83 Жыл бұрын
That is exactly my thought. That DPS will be very hot after 10min of descending. One of the first things that I upgraded on my Fuel Ex 2020 was switching from DPS to Float X. After that I put Fox 36 upfront.
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
I think it really depends on where and how you ride. I actually quite like the poppier feel of the Float DPS shock, and the extra clearance is useful for fitting a larger water bottle. We don't have a lot of sustained 10+ minute descents around my neck of the woods, so there's rarely an issue with overheating. It's also worth acknowledging that with the One-Forty and One-Sixty sharing the same frame, the change in shock and fork helps to differentiate the two bikes, both visually and from a performance and weight perspective. Because they use the same frame, that does give a fair bit of flexibility to One-Forty owners. If you found damper-fade was an issue, you could always upgrade to a piggyback shock down the line. You could even up-stroke the shock to increase rear travel, and same with the fork. The frame is rated for use with up to a 180mm travel fork and a coil shock, and of course you can mullet it too, so there are a lot of options for future changes. Then again, if you're the type of rider who values a piggyback shock, you should probably go for the One-Sixty in the first place. [Wil]
@dhruvsawarkar3285 Жыл бұрын
@@FlowMountainBikeKZbin thanks for a detailed reply!
@ThunderStruckMTB Жыл бұрын
Does it make me a bad person that I enjoy hearing about creaking in that oh-so-kool headset cable routing? 🤣🤣😂
@AndreasJacobson6 ай бұрын
Looks like this could make a sick jib bike tbh.
@Chris7uk00Ай бұрын
What would you buy if climbing up is as important as going down thanks, don't know what too go for on my next bike?
@futebolguy84 Жыл бұрын
That dropper post is a really cool idea
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
Certainly a nifty concept, and Jack's saddle height ended up being in the perfect spot with the seatpost collar slammed into the frame and with the post extended to the full 230mm of travel. That's the most travel he's ever used, and is really impressive on a Medium-ish size frame for a 175cm tall rider. [Wil]
@blairholdsworth6755 Жыл бұрын
I got a ally 160 and after first fridge sacked off the dropper for a one up as the adjustment mechanism stopped working.
@anbudrew10 ай бұрын
@@FlowMountainBikeKZbin I'm also 175cm and based on Merida's sizing guide I should get the mid size as well and I'm glad they have this feature with the dropper. 150mm just isn't cutting it especially in the steeps. I'm a bit concerned about reach though its almost 4cm more than what I'm used to.
@tamwar310 ай бұрын
I've spoken to Merida about the creaking headset and they replied saying they're not aware of this problem and are not offering any upgrades or replacements. Would it be possible for some clarification on this please
@Themechanicbrad5704 ай бұрын
My Merida dealership got the upgraded replacement for mine two months ago from acros under warranty.
@randommountainbiker93053 ай бұрын
I had a creaking headset on my Merida Ninety Six. After a while, I took it apart and put some more grease onto the headset cups and onto the bearings and I haven't had any issues since. This was around 6 months ago.
@tamwar33 ай бұрын
I kept on at Merida and sent them the link to this review amongst other reviews claiming the same thing and finally got sent the upgraded headset from acros. ..All is good now 👌🏻
@zarleymcalpine31319 ай бұрын
What's the reach like on this,I've got a Scott spark 960 that I had to put a longer handlebar stem on and seat fully back,size large for reference.
@denniswithtwo216 Жыл бұрын
Currently onto second dropper on the 160. Warranty.
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
Oh dear! What happened to your dropper post Dennis? [Wil]
@HamSupZhai Жыл бұрын
$9000 and not even fox factory? The Norco comes with Fox factory shocks.
@ImaCullen Жыл бұрын
Which model? The only one I see is the Fluid A1. Not really comparable bikes.
@steez8888 Жыл бұрын
Lmao you took the words right out of my mouth!!
@S14AA Жыл бұрын
Have you ridden any volition emtb's ?
@infnub9 ай бұрын
Get outta here with that trash!
@Rawkus919 Жыл бұрын
Hope they build the one twenty off this design too
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
Me too! I've really enjoyed the current One-Twenty platform, though it'd be cool to see some of the features of the new One-Twenty incorporated into a shorter travel bike. [Wil]
@sandycarmichael31 Жыл бұрын
A flex pivot one twenty would certainly bring down the weight, I briefly owned a 2020 one twenty 600 which weighed about the same as the one forty being reviewed here. It was a nice bike but poorly built by an unnamed large bike shop chain and literally fell apart underneath me in first month of ownership but the product and design was good. As interesting as an updated one twenty would be, I'm really hoping Merida build a e-one forty SL to take on the rise and levo sl, that would be a rad bike
@fabcotechnologies489 Жыл бұрын
I almost got a Merida but was not able to be shiped in time, so took a decathlon lol
@cliffordrichardc Жыл бұрын
have udh or not
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
Certainly does! [Wil]
@frienduro24 Жыл бұрын
80 sta. Wow
@FlowMountainBikeYouTube Жыл бұрын
So steep! We had to push the saddle back on the rails as the pedalling position was a little weird to begin with. Something you might find interesting is that Merida puts a layback seatpost on the One-Forty models, while the One-Sixty models then get an in-line seatpost. So despite the two bikes using the same frame albeit with a 20mm difference in the fork travel, the effective seat angle is meant to be pretty much identical between the two. Pretty clever! [Wil]