Are mullets better? (mixed wheel sizes) 

I converted my XC bike to Mullet setup. You can immediately feel the difference the agility for quick left and right turn. You can still roll over bigger bumps and turns easily as well and hell yeah it can still climb good

yup mullets are better! there was a podcast on vital MTB where john hall (aaron gwin's mechanic) explains this very good and that in 2023 season 98% of the racers will be on a mullet bec its faster on everything except for the rock section but the high pivot suspension got that covered.

Wow, didn't realize he could shed park laps like this. Well done man!

Mullets have many benefits 1.When u have smaller wheels on back U wont get the feeling of going over the bars or steep decents 2 smaller wheel on the back makes climbing so much more easier 3 it is much easier to manual

Hi! I am a foreigner and I like to watch your content! All these experiments with bicycles expand the horizons of thought. After viewing, you look at all the components, assemblies in a different way. You create unique content! Unique and informative, I learned a lot after six months of subscribing to you. To hell with the marketers who sell us their "incredible" ideas, here it is Evan - all people's content.

This week, i watched all of your videos again from the very first to the perfect wheels one. You said in the high low series overview: “thank you all for watching my first season of high low.” Are you planning to do another season of high low? (after your channel grows a little and the budget of this channel is big enough for your family and the “Chad upgrades”) I think you should cuz those are the most popular videos on your channel. Sorry for the bad English again, i’m trying my best😂

I've converted both my Focus Jam2 EMTB and my Devinci Troy Carbon to Mullet. Both bikes were 27.5 frames to start with. The Focus came with Plus tyres so the fork was already 29". 27.5 / 2.8 on the rear and 29/ 2.5 up front. The geo came out almost identical to the Focus Jam2 Drifter (Mullet specific bike) 😀. The Troy has adjustable geo, so I set it in the 'Low' position and put a 29" fork and wheel on there. Both bikes ride fantastic ,and I can't imagine I would ever go back to 27.5 at both ends - Love the video, it's adds a bit of science to the subject😀

Great video. One thing as you pointed, with a mullet the seat angle becomes slacker and slightly affects climbing ability. Exception being bikes with adjustable dropouts to compensate for that.

My Canyon CF-8 is like a 911 on tight downhill switchbacks while the full 29's are like a Semi with a Trailer🤣

I'm in the process of making my Walgoose Ledge X1 a mullet. 29 up front and a better 27.5 in back. Still trying to get the $$ together.

I feel like it is personal preference and riding style. My style is more of monster truck and just straight line speed so 29er is a bit better, with your background in BMX you would definitely enjoy the the snappier feel. Also try it again with more consistent watts, that is a big difference in power.

I remember back in the late 80's there were several trial bikes that came stock as 'mullets'. 😉 I believe Ibis had a 24/20 combo

I had one of those Cannondale mullets back in the mid 1980s. First production mountain bike I ever saw. No suspension 26 on the front and 24 on the rear. No one around here had a mountain bike, there wasn't even mountain bike trails. I road hiking trails and an old off road motorcycle trails along side some local highways. Bright yellow paint job with those oversized Cannondale tubing. Sun tour components, friction shift levers and power cam breaks. The breaks were okay, a lot of power when they were clean. But Cannondale in their wisdom put the rear brake down by the bottom bracket. It really made a clean looking rear end on the bike, but dirt would get into the brakes so very fast. Found some canvas and velcro covers for the brakes in some camping supply catalog . Remember there was no internet, no Amazon. That was the problem I had with finding tires too. 26 not a problem but a good 24. I delt with the lack of suspension eventually with this big spring loaded stem. The thing must have weighed a pound or two. The bike used a traditional quill style stem so this spring loaded thing was about all I could find. Turns out that the bike might even be collectable today. Should have hung on to it. That and half dozen other old bikes or cool cars.

I am thinking of getting a status 140 and wasn’t sure about the mullet setup, now I know it’s really good and faster than normal setup. Thank you Evan!

With your BMX background mullets (or maybe even 27.5s) would be great for you and your riding style. It looks like your wheel builder is gonna need to make you another rear!

I've been curious about this for the MTB capital of the world; loved this test 🙌🏼

New subscriber here! I went mullet on my Rocky Mountain Instinct, and I'll probably never go back. Luckily it has lots of geo adjustments, plus I installed an angled headset and shorter cranks for the lower BB. 🤘🏻

Specialized Status is the bike for Spring 2023 - and rumor has it, you can convert to 29er

I've been back an forth with rear wheel size recently(have both the spectral mullet and the 29er, both cf8 models) - I think the trade offs between either leans to more Riding pro's towards the smaller rear wheel IMO. Other than XC bikes and maybe some short short travel Trail bikes i dont see the overal need for a 29er rear, maybe on certain DH race tracks where its wide open all the time. Mullet bikes have been a great addition to the MTB world, more brands are opting for it just purely based on performance benefits which is great for consumers

Love it! I may need to covert my Arktos 150 to a mullet 😎

Has he tried 275 or even 26 setups? For the trails like these they should be way better

Great video. I didn’t think you would be that much faster with the mullet. I guess it does pay to experiment. I have bought a fork and wheelset from Speedvision bikes and would recommend them to anyone. Thanks for the video Saga. 👍

Try a 69ner…29 front/26 rear for your next video experiment!!

If mullets are better than full 29er, is mullet better than full 27.5 or mullet 27.5 front 26 rear? Maybe a new video???🎉😮

Wow that’s a sick improvement on that laptime!!! Like no doubt that it’s faster, crazy!

I run a 29 27.5 inch mullet and I love it you get so much control but also the monster truck feel of the 29 in the front

Your’s mullet compatible frame. What is difference between compatible one and normal one?

Mullet is amazing an a hardtail (e-) bike. I am still experimenting with it on a downhill bike. I am not sure yet if it is better on a long travel bike. The bike feels like a chopper.:D

congratulations on 81.2 t subs. you did gain lot of subs like past 8 days... ps u are best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the video, but where did the outro go with the flames and explosion? I waited for it, but it never came. Great video though.

Those chrome rims are sick. Just need a mullet version with Berd spokes now. Who needs to pay the mortgage, right?

Dude great edit and video! Those chrome rims are super sick 😎 I need to try out a mullet setup and see if I’m faster on it.

Alchemy is literally one of the best looking bikes…and they are super underrated…and off the radar 😎

Please keep up with this type of editing, I love it!

I’ve been waiting for this video for a while, it was so worth the wait. Good job.👏👏

All I know is I hate the butt buzz I get from those 29 inch rear wheels when things get rowdy. Mullets are now my favourite for rooty, twisty trails with sudden little drops. Great video.

Try running a 27.5" frame and 29front? Maybe compare. I run 29 on the front of a 27.5 frame. You said that it lowered your bottom bracket. It actually picked mine up.

Shout out to speed vision, theyre legit. Cool to see them on the channel.

You know what's even better??? Full on 27.5er. Not even joking. It's just more fun :D

I have been considering a mullet for a while but my one concern is I don’t think it would do very well for daily riding on road. If anyone has some good knowledge on this could help a lot thanks

Just bought the yt Capra mx, haven’t got to ride it yet (comes on Monday). I’ve never rode a mullet before but I decided to send it since everyone seems to love them and I’m excited to ride one for the first time

15 seconde in and im telling you right now i love the new editing.

what is the geometry with the mullet setup?

I want this MTB species T-Shirt

damn the video quality has really improved since he moved

Alright, you got me when you started explaining bikes mixed with cars😏🤙 good explanation btw🙌 new subscriber 🥳🥳

whoaaa... I'm actually more surprised that you know your jdm cars. s2k is a perfect car to describe what the 27.5 rear is like. Glad you enjoyed the mullet!

For all of yall that cant be bothered to watch it mullets are better as he got. A 2 minutes difference on his lap time

I love my mullet emtb, it was born that way and is awsome

Ok, you have established that you like mullet over 29er. But how does mullet stack against the playful full 27.5?

I've mullet 26x2.35 front and 24x2.8 rear This is great for me (xc mtb)

I rode a mullet in Utah, Santa Cruz Nomad. Wasn’t a fan, I pedal checked more in one ride than I have in a year.

You needs to start with a 27.5 frame and under fork by 20mm to keep the geo happy and get the benefits of shorter chainstay

Yeww, great again mate. Getting better every vid keep it up!

Hey Evan, awesome video as always! Quick question, what computer do you use on your bike?

"It was not a KOM" story of my life

Mullets are defiantly where it is at, especially if you like riding park, I’ve twisted my Scott ransoms geometry just so I could ride mullet 😂

Heck yeah. Mullets do feel pretty sweet! But isn't nearly all the time gained in the mullet run from the increased climb wattage?

well you used to have to have bare rims for rim brakes so it make painting at least that part of the rim pointless so you saw the chrome/silver/raw aluminium for so many years until disc brakes came to mountain biking. now you can paint your rim whatever you want.

Great stuff man. Like how that Float X magically transformed into a Float X2 😂.

we need to keep chrome wheels back in the 90s

yall going from 29er and sizing down the front wheel saying its manouverable and all what if im a 27.5 and sizing UP the front wheel ?

You put down 30% more power on the climb with the smaller wheel of course it was faster 🤓

Really amazing to see how MTB's are catching up to how motocross was 20 years ago. Now we only need the inverted forks

Well done on the time!

“If Mullets are better than 29ers…” Who said I was on 29? My bike has a 26” at the back 🥱

I've been riding this bike for 7 years now! ru-vid.comUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L It was a great bike the day I got it, put it together, and went on my first ride; more importantly it's an even better bike today. I've ridden trails, street, and skatepark all on this bike. I have replaced almost every part on the bike. Some stuff has broken: derailleurs, wheels, shifter. Everything else were upgrades. The only ramaing original parts are the frame, bottom bracket, and crank set. BB and cranks will be upgraded soon. The geometry isn't great but that is really the only draw back to how good a value this bike is. Even after all the money I've spent upgrading it's still a more affordable bike than I'd have bought from a proper bike shop, especially with full suspension. I've also learned a lot about bikes working on it over the years. It really is one of the best perchases I've ever made and hopefully it'll still be around for another 7 years.

I do like the mullet!

How does this work on a hard tale

What happened if 26er rear rims and 27er front rims and while 29er fork?

I remember my buddies in college making 69’ers. Always wish i got on the badwagon

Now try 27.5 front and 26 rear, haha.

Hey Evan, SICK VIDEO! you got any ideas about streaming again?

Live stream this Sunday ?

It’s kinda strange seeing someone bring BMX style to mtb. They should make downhill BMX tracks like in BMX bandits (80s Oz film)

Which i9 wheel is that?

He did an 18:44, you're welcome

How are people still making videos about this - this has been the trend for at least 5 years now with countless videos of this type already.

Did you say bmx background? 🤔

6:25 Those pedals are tiny, for you. How are the shoes?

congratulations for 80k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope u fill get 100k

First time seeing this dude and he looks just like vsauce except a mountain biker lol

Bro has infinite money

respect for the crazy content

You didn't use the mullet link?

i think there is more in your mind than the reallity its al the mind set and energy that you bring to the specific run as you can see S4 was the same time on the 29 and the mullet.... i think maybe because it was your last ride on the trails thats bring more pure ride and les brain disorder

Awesome video!

If you don’t race, don’t look at the time, just have fun

Your like the liver king of MTB

Is a Mullet configuration good for daily commuting? I have a 24x1.95 tyre and wheel and I want to install it on my 26T mtb

You already have the Meta SX

regarding mullet, you should start with Jaromír Jágr :D

LMNT is good stuff. I really like Robb Wolf too. He calls out all the health and diet BS

Those chrome wheels came out amazing. I think i'm going to order myself some custom wheels. It is tax season after all, amiright? 🤣

electrolyte drinks give me diarrhea ):

What is “better”? Faster does not mean better. I think it really comes down to how fun the bike is for you or the rider. More fun can equal better…

What’s that song at the start of the video called ?

Does your bike have a flip chip for mullet configuration?

You told me to subscribe... So I did. Love the videos ❤❤😍😍😍

Hmm a mullet, never considered it before always keep both wheels same size, & that's a really good shirt reminds me of SEGA.