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- Welcome to another Pro Bike, and this ones a special one!
This is Sam Reynolds's Polygon DH9.
(bike chains rattling)
Right, you're probably wondering who is Sam Reynolds?
Well, he originated from dirt jumping
where he made a name for himself
with all those big events and slope style,
progressed his career throughout.
Now, he's moved onto big rig jumping
so such events like FEST Series, Nine Knights,
and a lot of his video segments are all made
on big bike riding but I'm gonna kick it off with the frame.
This is the Polygon DH9, team issued colors only.
You can't get this color out there
but you can buy this frame in a different color.
This bike is running 200 mil of rear travel on here,
it's an unbranded shock taking care of all of that,
it's running 250 PSI with a real slow rebound
to help him contradict all those
big g-outs on those huge jumps.
This is the SP1 single speed derailleur.
It's meant to stay in one gear so it works exactly the same
as a normal derailleur where you have to have this
to allow that chain to grow
when you're going through your suspension.
Although you're limited to one gear with this system,
he has seven to choose from with his
seven speed cassette on the rear.
He's gone smack in the middle and a 14-tooth
and on the front he's running a 32 e*thirteen Sprocket
which is bolted to a e*thirteen LG1 full carbon crank arm.
Length of crank arm: 165 mm,
and to keep those feet on his pedals are these
VP Harrier pedals, very wide platform pedal.
And, to keep his chain in tact is that
e*thirteen LG1 chain device.
Right the wheel build on this bike, super special,
front and rear, these are the
e*thirteen LG1 full carbon wheel build.
It's a 27.5, nice carbon rim there,
and the rubber on this bike is a Kenda Hellkat Pro.
He's running super heavy innertubes in these tires
to give him a little bit more weight,
and he says it helps him during bigger whips.
Right the braking power to keep him
all under control out there.
On the rear he's running this Tr!ckstuff C41.
It's a four part caliper and that's on a
203mm disc rotor, it's a floating disc.
Let's hear that rear hub. (rear hub vibrates)
Ooh, that's so provocative, nice sweet sound.
Right the wheel build up front is exactly like the rear
as well as the braking as well,
but that wheel is bolted to these forks.
These are the SR Suntour RUX Forks, 200mm of travel,
he's got 80 PSI in there and he's got them set up
really hard for all those big jumps.
Right keeping him in control out there on the trail
are these Spank Spike handlebars, 800 vibrocore they are.
The width of these bars is 800mm
and he's kept it at 800mm so he's running big boy style
and what vibrocore means, its got this high density foam
built into the bar which helps reduce the vibration
whilst going down the hill.
And to keep those hands in control on these is special,
these are ODI but what he's done,
he's got these laser etched lock tabs here, Pure Darkness.
Right the first thing you can notice
when you're up in the cockpit you can just see
two hoses, super clean, there's no need
for a shifter there for gears
because he's running that SP1 Single Speed Derailleur there.
But it's super clean, I love the simplicity of them
and these nice big moto levers there.
Keeping bike looking slick, I love it.
And to keep those bars locked in on the front
is this Spank stem, its a direct mount.
There's two settings on this, it's really short anyway,
but there's a 25 mil setting and a 30 mil setting.
He's got it set on 30 mil but he's got a real high front end
but that gives him a lot more stability
out there on those big jumps.
And then to top off the whole bike he's running
the Spank Tweet Saddle, it's a BMX style saddle,
and that's bolted to a black carbon seat post.
Alright enough of me talking about your bike Sam,
I've got a few questions for you.
- I got like the massive, you know,
the humongous fat downhill tubes.
So they kind of, they don't puncture as easy
and the main reason is on a windy day
like today is a bit windy, it just helps you with a bit more
stability in the air, you know, like heavier wheels spinning
so you can sort of steer it through the air a bit better
- Yep. - and the wind doesn't
affect you so that's the main reason, yeah.
- Ahhh, okay. - You can whip it better.
No that is actually a BOS, I think Void,
it might be called Rear Shock, it's just from last year and
chucked it on there, it's an air one,
you can pump it up pretty hard.
- How are you finding this SP1,
'cause I ran that out in Whistler and I loved it,
and do you leave it in that gear, so 14x32,
or do you change depending on the course?
- Well thanks first of all for counting it for me,
- You're welcome. - Never counted it.
No I just put it in the middle gear 'cause I thought then
that's the best one. - That was the best, yeah.
- To be honest I did have gears but um,
my gear thing snapped off so I just thought
I'm bored of fixing this. (laughs)
It's happened so many times I'm just gonna run that thing.
- Just run that. - It locks in one gear,
it's lighter, and so far it hasn't snapped off.
- Nice, I got one thing, I couldn't even pronounce it,
how do you say that?
- Ah, these are called Tr!ckstuff Direttissima brakes--
- Direttissima. - And you may never
have heard of them but they are so great.
- They look amazing, I like how they split
reservoir from piston. - Yeah, definitely, yeah.
- With a little hole. - That's really cool, yeah.
- I like that - I also like that, yeah.
Well I just like they got mega power, and they're cool,
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- Yeah I like it. - They look like
motorbike brakes. - They do, yeah, no,
moto levers, nice.
Thank you so much Sam for showing off your bike to us--
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