One Month Later: Polygon Siskiu T7 E-Bike

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[@SpencerBaum]

I love these tutorials you make! Your ramblings are very enjoyable to listen to!

[@hanssaunders3490]

Thanks for letting me join you while you tinkered with that new bike. I learned a lot

[@kristiandawe85]

I gotta say I’m not really a fan of electric bike, but any electric bikes I see on this channel make me want one

[@MyRendersonique]

Love your videos. So relaxed and easy to watch. Keep up the good work. Seriously thinking about the Polygone Siskiu, but bikesonline don't do shiping to the United Kingdom so will have to source elsewhere. Good to see your review though.

[@BradWadeNL]

I learned something from this video! It's also a reminder to work on my bike.

[@YoungDoug13]

Really great tutorial

[@FOTB407]

He actually really taught me something with the axle tightening thing

[@marcdxn87]

Same issue kept finding the rear axle coming loose. Turned out to be the hub

[@Todd66]

Luv me sum Ebike and hats off to Polygon, they know how to add value to the market and don’t over price their bikes like every other manufacturer out there.

[@singletrack-sasquatch-mtb]

I also leave problems for future me.

[@EriebyCycle]

This makes me think of something I think you’ve touched on before. Just how little grease is used in new bike parts. I e had brand new hubs apart and was shocked to find assembly lube levels of grease instead of normal use levels of grease.

[@cgfootman]

I dont have any friends who like tinkering with bikes. So i really enjoy your hanging out bike videos 👍

[@Spindatt]

Thanks for hanging out!

[@boydcombsakaGster]

Nice video. Thanks.

[@Spindatt]

Thank you too!

[@22Jeffers]

If it’s creaking I would have definitely cleaned all the old grease out before reapplying. Just one grain of grit could make that noise.

[@scotthines5834]

Hey great video. I purchased a t7e about 3 weeks. I've been having the same issue with that irritating clicking sound. I thought it was the fork. Bikes online had me take it to a local bike shop and have a spacer removed. But that disturbing clicking still happens when going over bumps on the trail. It's difficult to duplicate off the bike so it was difficult to identify to the bike mechanic. The fork is in good shape but I still have that clicking sound. Frustrated.. wondering if I should attempt greasing the headset myself or returning it to the bike shop.

[@martinbramston2244]

How did you go fixing the clicking sound ? About to buy either the T7E or the Collusus N8, but not keen on the sound you've described. thanks ! Martin

[@scotthines5834]

@@martinbramston2244 hello I had the headset taken apart and regressed. That seemed to help. Overtime in a few hundred miles the clicking seems to have resolved itself. Other than that, I love the bike.

[@martinbramston2244]

Hi , do think this bike is as good in performance for average rider as the Collusus N8 ? I am undecided between the two bikes as to which to buy. Not a downhill racer but ride rough trails a lot. Your opinion would be appreciated. thanks

[@Spindatt]

100% plenty of travel, but likely more nimble geometry for riding trails more than plowing downhills. I really like this bike a lot

[@BubsMTB]

Had the same headset noise with my colossus n8e I recently purchased. I was also too lazy and excited to grease it. lol

[@Spindatt]

its definitely worth greasing! though I find the headset comes lose ALL THE TIME and I don't know why it does that

[@BubsMTB]

@@Spindatt really? That’s odd! I wonder if the star nut is slowly getting pulled up the steer tube

[@martinbramston2244]

Hi ,are you pleased with the N8 ....? as I am undecided between the N8 and the T7e. thanks@@BubsMTB

[@BubsMTB]

@@martinbramston2244 both are great bikes! Yes I’m super happy with my n8e!

[@guambra2001]

Nice tutorial 😂

[@DropGearDisappear83]

I also have a t7e with a loose axle.... is there a trick to remove the freehub body? I removed the cassete & the endcap but the freehub doesn't want to budge

[@marcdxn87]

Turn slightly while pulling it, there’s a seal it passes by as it comes out.

[@johnnydoe66]

It's not a tutorial that's a tutorial on "Don't do like Eric" 😂

[@danielreynolds5012]

Imagine being good enough on bikes to notice a wobble in the back wheel and not thinking its my sh't ability or the mucky ground!! Good real -world musings rather than tutorial i reckon!!

[@mattclarke2728]

Bikes online doesn’t ship to Canada

[@Seannwb]

... Also wondering how you got this shipped to Canada? Good video though

[@roamingwolfpack]

So what you're saying is, as a former bike mechanic, just ride it til it breaks!

[@Spindatt]

I always do this haha

[@donpalmera]

One thing to be careful of: If you go around tightening stuff that seems loose workout if it should be tight or should just be preloading bearings to stop them falling out etc before you go hammer time on it. I don't know about those wheel hubs. Maybe tightening the tube through the wheel right down so it's basically locked to the wheel position is correct. But maybe that tube is meant to actually just be tight enough to hold the bearings it's inside but not so tight the bearings can't actually move anymore (i.e. you can't hold the tube static and spin the wheel around it anymore). Sometimes issues like this are hidden because another thing (i.e. the axle that goes through the tube) can make it look like it's working. In this case if the tube in the wheel is meant to be free to spin in the bearings it might look like it's working correctly because now the tube is spinning on the axle that goes through it. Which will be awesome until the interface between tube and axel stop acting as a bearing and seize up. Basically: Not all things you can tighten should be so tight that it doesn't move anymore. Some things should be only tight enough to remove play.

[@underbikedoverconfident1142]

No, no no. Tighten until the nut spins freely. Then back it off half a turn. 😂

[@donpalmera]

@@underbikedoverconfident1142 I'm not sure what you're getting at but a quick look at the exploded diagram from the shimano hubs (I looked at deore xt) seem to have the bearings preloaded by the tube and it's nut. Sooo.. that would be one of the nuts you shouldn't be wrenching down.

[@underbikedoverconfident1142]

@@donpalmera Sorry, its just a joke. Tighten until the nut spins freely (a reference to tightening a something so much you strip the threads and the nut/bolt spins freely). Back off half a turn is a meme of Park Tools excellent tutorials.

[@oldmanbucksaw]

Your headset sounds like my knees.

[@NO-background-music-in-videos.]

I like the info, hate the music shit in the background

[@partsbinspecial1457]

First