I think this is the best budget downcountry bike. 

Literally the quality of seth’s videos but with only 8k subs, this man is gonna grow so fast

I have two Rockshox entry level air forks. Those "discoloration" you mentioned was because of the shock oil residue. (Dark is wet) after a ride, wipe the stanchions with isopropyl alcohol, and the discoloration will be gone.

I have the D6 and really enjoy it. Its handled everything I've thrown at it so far. With the way parts are I'm riding what I have till its pretty toasted or prices and supply come back down to earth.

Stoked to see you loved the bike! Keen to see what upgrade you make!!

Found your video while researching the Siskiu D7 and you did a great job explaining the setup, features, ride quality, and where the bike fits in the budget/value/skill level plot. Bought it last night and made sure to confirm with customer service that you would get credit for the affiliate sale. Thanks for the great video and good luck with your channel!

Bought this baby because of you pal. Riding it is just a charm. Love everything about it

Nice review, and nice to see a review of the bike in the context of "general use" xc trails. I've been eyeballing one of these for next year and similar to you, 90% of my riding is on pretty mellow xc trails. I got a Polygon Premier 4 earlier this year just to kind of get my feet wet and I've overall been impressed with the build quality and value for the price.

Such a rad bike, had my eye on it when availability was non existent so I bought my friends Giant. I like what you said about mtb not having to be risking your life every ride. My favorite ride is flat and shady but I still love to shred a bike park. Which we will do together at Snow Summit one day, or skypark.

Boostinator conversion kits exist to convert both front and rear non-boost to boosted width. Make sure you also get the boost brake adaptor kit for the rotor as well, so it's spaced out to the right caliper location. When changing brakes, take a shifter cable and run it fully inside the hose of your existing brake caliper before you pull the caliper out the port. The cable will fish through - then just simply fish the new brake through using the cable. The Recon rebound lever thing can sometimes fall off, and the damper goes wonky after a couple months hard riding. But a great budget fork nonetheless.

I'm fairly certain that you can get spacers for the front wheel if you want to swap the fork.

Thank you for making this early as possible man

Price on the 27.5 is $1399!....I am almost at 2000 miles in mostly rocky southwest and no problems! Went to 2.4s and Stan's Tubless and taller bars. The brakes are good once they bed in unless you are heavier, but I'm 135 so no problem. Great bike for the money and ''FUN'' to ride.

Happy to use your link. Great video!

I'm new to mountain biking and this is my first full suspension bike and like you said its spot on for a beginner.

I really wish I got one of these! I decided to get long travel instead, but I will say that a long travel bike makes me feel safer. And omg 😳 you need more subscribers

I bought my son a 24” Polygon Relic Evo MTB and was extremely impressed by it. The packing was fantastic and the quality/value of the bike for the price is impressive.

Wow! Here early. Love your videos and excited for the polygon relationship! I have a Siskiu D6 and I love it!

Man the quality of you content is awesome

You are my favourite RU-vidr you made my day thanks for uploading and keep up the good work

Really helpful👍 I ordered this bike a week ago and it’s coming in a month.

Awesome video greta bike ! Its been great to see your channel grow! Keep it up man ! 👍🏼💪🏼😎

The price increases are crazy but that is an obvious statement. I bought the T7 for $100 more than this D7 at the beginning of the year. I love it though and I am sure that I would have loved the D7 just as much. Great review, I have not upgraded the fork from the Recon yet. the performance has been adequate for my needs and I have tested it on quite a few rocky black diamond trails. Love the video. Thanks Evan!

Nice review. I ride the 2021 D7 and its a lot of fun. I did change out the rear shock to a heavier coil because I'm a heavy guy and I was bottoming out the shock a lot. Took it to Spider Mountain this summer and it was awesome!

hey Evan, thanks for reviewing this bike. i just got mine a couple days ago and love it. great channel bro.

Man 8k congratulations bro I now will be no time to 100k🔥🔥 you deserve it because your videos are so good... Member from Saga squad from Mexico

I have a 2021 Polygon Siskiu T7. I love it.

Thanks for the review because I am about to buy one of those bikes pretty soon. 🤙

I had a Siskiu D7 around 4 years back. A cracking bike for the Money, and a great bike to keep upgrading as the components wore out. Sold it to a friend, and it’s still going strong.

I love my D7. I ride almost exclusively Bonelli in SoCal. Maybe a bid overbiked for Bonelli, but I needed the extra compliance for my old man body. I added a smaller front chain sprocket and went tubeless.

Bought this bike today, looking forward to unboxing tomorrow!

Just put boost spacers in the front wheel if u want to upgrade it. Works really well on my non-boost hub!

You can do the spacer kit to make 100mm wheel fit boost forks(I'm guessing you already know that). I agree with liking external cable routing. Overall though, looks like a decent bike. I have a Polygon Cascade 4 and was seriously thinking about buying a full suspension bike over the winter, I think this will be a serious contender.

I ran into this cool kid and his dad at my local trail. The kid had saved his grass cutting money for 2 years to buy a Polygon full sus. Dont know what model but it had full Deore and Rockshox front and rear for $1800! Ive been riding 30 years and his bike was as nice as any Ive had.😂Very cool bike and kid! Will definitely consider one with my next purchase!

My full suspension bike if choice is this or the d6. I’m a beginner and so much enjoy riding!! Thanks for the review!!

Amazing video! Really like the edit style! ;)

Evan you're growing so fast - I think you'll be able to do youtube full time soon hopefully :)

Used your link to pick this bad boy up. I was a little shocked at the condition of the box when it got delivered, but somehow everything made it in tact lol

This bike has got me drooling 🤤 I'm 16, and I have been saving for a while... Cannot wait to get this bike. I personally like the 2021 Paint Job better, so I think I'll go for that one. Awesome content, I like how you give tips on how to setup the bike while you are reviewing. 🤙

I have a 2021 polygon xtrada 7 29 inch in a large and I love it and the company is great and the people are very nice and I pre ordered mine and it came before it was supposed to

Watched a few of your videos and your brilliant, mostly keep it to a realistic price range which will reach alot more viewers as not everyone can afford the top of the link most expensive bikes

This is my dream bike, nice review pal 👍

Fuck yeah. I’m an XC guy. Great review! Love the outro tune. I love Arizona.

damn that looks extremely nice, i remember almost 2 years ago when polygon was an extremely underground brand only popular in asia; my uncle owned a hardtail although i cant remember the model

8:08 The plastic tab thing is the tool to adjust the rebound, you pull it out and put it in your tool bag for when you need it.

The D6 seems like a better choice if you're going to make any changes to the fork. But then again you won't get the same rear shock or drive train, which means extra cost if you want the same feel.

I have the sikiu t7 and I love it!!! It’s basically this bike with better components but a trail Version!!

Another good one man👍👍. Congrats on finally hitting that wave! It wont be long until you are mentioned right along with Berm Peak. I believe I said that you would pass us this year, and you said it would be next year. Well do you want to put a friendly wager on that?😜 Remember that you are supposed to wave at us as you pass by😂👍.

It seems that your looking at the "actual seat tube angle" instead of the "effective seat tube angle" when comparing the seat angles. The effective angle is much more useful than the actual because effective is measured from the center of the bottom bracket to the middle of the seat, meaning the effective angle is what actually determines how steep the seat angle feels when your pedaling.

I picked up a recon RL aswell for my norco storm. Huge upgrade from the xce28 but ya I felt the same way about the rebound, it also pulls out for an allen key. Lol.

If you do upgrade the fork look into problem solvers non boost to boost spacer kit . Super simple and not too expensive.

I have a 2021 Siskiu D5 and it is a beast on long distance jumps I got a 10ft jump on a 11 inch tall ramp

Pretty good review... I just bought this bike a few days ago... it's awesome for the price point.

Love all the Polygon full suspension line up, best bang for the buck for sure!

Appreciate You Evans Buying That Bike From Indonesia Actually Made In Indonesia 👍👍👍

Season 3 with this bike. Its flat out great. Can handle any " normal" trail. Its slick and playful. Dont spend hundreds of dollars for 10mm. The fork is fine. Just use it what its meant for. Polygon customer for life. Looking at the t9

New bike hype! Looks good!

You are the Best RU-vidr

Love my D7 , best decision ever !

this bike made in Indonesia. nice review dude. polygon,united,thrill,pacific.

Been looking at bikes and finally decided on this one, but was pulling my hair out at what size to order. Thought the XL reach might end up being too long, but after seeing you on the large I think I'm definitely going with the XL

Great video! I see the other side of the debate on cable routing...internal va external. I had always seen the cables as a potential safety concern if the brakes were messed up by being between the bottom bracket and a rock or whatever...but on the replacement of parts... I guess there is a quicker way to replace the cables/hoses if they are already on the outside.... Makes me wonder.. if all the electrical wires and plumbing were on the inside of the drywall instead...problems could be addressed so much easier! Haha!

Looks fire

Good review on the D7. One thing that bothers me is the whole qr vs thru-axle debate. Now, I'm sure a thru stiffens the rear, that I will not contest. As well, there should never be an issue with the wheel falling out of the dropouts. However, I have an 18 Roscoe 8 with boost qr. I've ridden it at Snowshoe, Bryce and on numerous local black singletrack without any issues. The only real dilemma I've found is seeking to upgrade wheels. With that said, despite wishing I had a better engagement hub; hence looking at wheel upgrades, the SunRingle Duroc wheels have held up well over the past three years of thrashing. Sure they're dinged and will never be run tubeless again; but hey, I'm still getting smiles for miles out of them! So, my thought is if someone is interested in a particular rig and find it has a qr rear, that shouldn't necessarily turn them away. Obviously, I am in no way trying to hold on to the qr standard, but for the foreseeable future some bikes will still have them. And I believe if a person really likes that bike and they are knowledgeable as to what they are getting into then I say go for it. However, if the option to get a rig with thru exists, then by all means they should go ahead and pick that one up. As it will make certain things easier down the road.

evan, they gave you a bike to review??? I'm so proud of you man

evan you are the best

Tip if you have no o ring use a zip tie but use the smoothest side so it doesn’t wreck the fork

My dream bike😍

5:10 “Dampening”😂😂😂

Dude love the review. The D7 is a dope bike. I do agree about the boost spacing being kinda pointless.

Nice video have you tried the siskiu t8?? What’s your opinion on that bike compared to the d7?

My Rockrider (yes its a Decathlon bike) XC 100S is quite well equipped for 1400€, NX Eagle 1×12, Manitou Markhor air fork and Manitou Radium shock and 120mm front and rear, SRAM Level T brakes 180mm front 160mm rear rotors, and tubeless ready boost wheels and tubeless ready tires, tbh I think you should check it out

Sick!

Keren ini Polygon siskiu d7 ajib lurrs

Checkout the new 2023 Siskiu D7 SE...sweet colorway and boost fork with a few small upgrades to the 2022 for not much more cost

Why are so many yutube reviewrs talking about replacing the shimano mt200 or mt401 brakes that have 160mm rotors on the rear. Here's a pro tip for you all, dont replace the brake set, replace the rotors to 180mm or bigger, and use pads other than resin only, braking will improve dramatically, I promise you.

There's no question that this is a sick bike for the price, but IMO its hard to call it a "downcountry" bike rather than "short travel trail bike". The reason is the weight. Downcountry really implies cross-country level efficiency and speed in rolling terrain, mildly techy climbs, and long days out, while achieving a good level of downhill capability. That being said, I know everyone else is calling it downcountry too.

Hey Evan, I don't know if u remember me. I coincidentally bought your koozer front hub from u on eBay and received one of ur first stickers on the channel ever made. That hub has now made its way across many project builds landing on my siskiu d5 fully upgraded to E-MTB. What a coincidence and small world, lol. Do you know if they have they made any changes to how far the seat post can go down into the seat tube for 2022? I love my 2021 model but the 1 criticism I have with the bikes is more a fit issue. I'm a smaller rider(~29 inseam) riding the small I wasn't able to get seat post past the pivot on the seat tube. Keep the quality videos coming brother

If your fork doesn't have an o-ring to indicate sag, put a zip tie around the stanchions and tighten just enough so it slides and remains in place after compression

I wish I could get that awesome bike

i got the D6 coz i preferred the yellow LOL, but the purple on the newer t8 is nice

I just bought the polygon Siskin t7 and I am love if it

Down Country bikes were first made from Cross Country race bikes that weigh in around 21 pounds, 120mm forks were added, along with wider rims, bigger lightweight XC tries, and wider handlebars, the bikes were still well under 25 pounds, a bike like you just took out of the box came in our shop the other day, it was a least 10 pounds heavier, thats a trail bike, not even close to a Down Country Bike. XC race tracks have now become more challenging, the bike are now beefier with 120/110 or 120/120, with wider rims/tires, slacker geometry, weighing in around 20/22 pounds, they are Down Country bikes. Take a look at Nino Schurters Spark..

I Like this bike

Evan, I ride a Rockrider XC100S down country bike with 120mm front and rear, Manitou Markhor fork and Manitou Radium shock, 1×12 SRAM NX, 180mm front 160mm rear SRAM Level T with Sun Ringlé Duroc 30 wheels that are boost and I think it could be interesting to compare the XC100S with the D7, and plus my bike at the time I bought it costed 1400€, now costs about 50€ more

Beware. We ordered this bike from Bikes on line. Without notifying us, our order was cancelled because of suspected credit fraud. We frequently order items online without problems. Finally after going through many hoops our order was processed. $100 was refunded to us because of our frustration. When the bike arrived, the box had a hole in it that was taped over. The bike shop that assembled the bike had to replace the rear rotor and caliper because oil had covered the area and contaminated these parts. $65 was repaid to us after an arduous process was complete. The bike seems OK now but customer service did not impress us. Many phone calls were not returned. The bike shop said this is what you get when you buy online!

I own a polygon premier 5 it's pretty good but get the hubs on that adjusted they bare tight

good product from Indonesia......hope i can have it

Legend

I actually got a 2021 D7, absolutely love it btw!! Interesting you got a large cause I went with a medium and I am 5’ 10”. It feels great and fits well so I am guessing it’s just preference. Anyway great video!!!

Off course it means we have to risk your life every time we ride lol (jkjk I see cut free stumps at times and think man what if I go OTB and get emailed by one, my wife going to kill me and not let me buy another bike lol). Front wheel can use boost adapter so need need to purchase new wheel and boost spacing for front really is geared for enduro and beyond. I never noticed running boost up front from standard spacing. Unless on my DH bike. But that Recon is a solid fork regardless. And I believe it comes with internal spacers that you could take out to increase travel to 130-140mm. Super easy to do.

I ride a large Ragley Mmmbop with a 160 lyrik And it’s a monster But I have been looking into Vitus and Polygon Based on your review seems like a large Vitus mythique 29er would be the better platform to build up on ( more travel better geo and less cost to upgrade since it’s boost ) I’m also looking at th Escarpe Thoughts ?

Nice vid. Are you in phoenix ??

A zip tie works just as good as a stock sag ring, easy and reliable solution.

I told you xc fs bikes are awesome!!!!

I just got the D7 SE but think i am returning it for a T8.. i am a beginner but living in the PNW there are a lot of trails around here

next video putting all the yoinked parts to the new bike plus putting the bomber fork on the bike would help you out

We can get these for around two thousand dollars Australia a very good value bike for the money .

Can’t decide what colour to get, what colour do you recommend.

I'm going to guess they are a Formula or formula re branded hub like a lot of brands use for finding spacers for the hub.

Oh men I want this bike