Found these trails by accident, didn’t even know I had trails within three miles of my house. Anyway the Sisku T8 is doing great, she is definitely my favorite. Still ride the Xtrada 7 but the sisku just rocks!! I must admit she is a little heavy, but just more for the workout. Guys have a great day, may all your dirt be hero dirt.
First off coming from a hardtail, this bike is awesome, fortunately my fork pressure from my Xtrada 7 came over beautifully, the shock took some dialing in.
This bike rides so smooth, you can still feel the trail but it takes a lot to jar you. In addition bunny hopping and jumping is just so easy, it literally feels like you don’t need to do any work at all just lift, and off you go.
Now for the unasked question, HOW DOES IT CLIMB?
Does it climb like a mountain goat? Well not exactly, it is no hardtail or road bike for sure, even after final shock adjustments there is the slightest hint of pedal bob, now it does have a lockout and it works very well if you are on a fire road or gravel road climbing. But for a more technical climb I want to leave the shock open.
After you finally get to the top the going down is the best part!! I hope it is across the board, but my dropper post lever is smooth and actuates smoothly, so the seat goes down no bounce just a little pressure and boom it is out of your way. And it is just so much fun going down, it’s like they wanted to give you a bike that was fun for all trails with the bonus of also being a mid travel enduro bike. Again you can feel it, you know it’s there but the way the bike is built, the components they chose just allows you to fly on the downhill.
I was a little Leary of the mt420 brakes but I shouldn’t have been. If you need to stop they will definitely stop you and do it in a hurry, I have had really no issues in the brakes. To be honest the way the bike looks and feels you would think you paid at least twice as much as you do.
Well those are my thoughts, hope you find them helpful, or at least slightly entertaining. Have a good night all
Hey guys it’s me again, I promised a ride report and that’s what you all are going to get.
First off coming from a hardtail, this bike is awesome, fortunately my fork pressure from my Xtrada 7 came over beautifully, the shock took some dialing in.
This bike rides so smooth, you can still feel the trail but it takes a lot to jar you. In addition bunny hopping and jumping is just so easy, it literally feels like you don’t need to do any work at all just lift, and off you go.
Now for the unasked question, HOW DOES IT CLIMB?
Does it climb like a mountain goat? Well not exactly, it is no hardtail or road bike for sure, even after final shock adjustments there is the slightest hint of pedal bob, now it does have a lockout and it works very well if you are on a fire road or gravel road climbing. But for a more technical climb I want to leave the shock open.
After you finally get to the top the going down is the best part!! I hope it is across the board, but my dropper post lever is smooth and actuates smoothly, so the seat goes down no bounce just a little pressure and boom it is out of your way. And it is just so much fun going down, it’s like they wanted to give you a bike that was fun for all trails with the bonus of also being a mid travel enduro bike. Again you can feel it, you know it’s there but the way the bike is built, the components they chose just allows you to fly on the downhill.
I was a little Leary of the mt420 brakes but I shouldn’t have been. If you need to stop they will definitely stop you and do it in a hurry, I have had really no issues in the brakes. To be honest the way the bike looks and feels you would think you paid at least twice as much as you do.
Well those are my thoughts, hope you find them helpful, or at least slightly entertaining. Have a good night all
Just got her put together and hoping to ride proper in the morning. I took her around the block so far seems like she may be a good ride. Can’t really complain with the sale they had. Shimano Slx drivetrain, 4 pot brakes, tubeless went super easy. And you just gotta love a chameleon paint job.