Top 5 Trail Bikes on Any Budget! 

Team Revel Rascal! ( and by that I mean team buying the Rascal V1 after V2 dropped) 😅

Whyte T-130 SCR. I love it!!!

I'm done with 29, idc if uts faster, 27.5 is so much more fun and durable

Ive just got a 2005 kona stinky now im hooked 😊

That giant trance is an awesome bike so capable! Missed that one imo

Well, I just purchased the Jeffsy based on the recommendation of this video. I’m really hoping I will enjoy it! Thanks!

Banshee Phantom 🤙🏼

Devinci Marshall have a excellent price tag for the equipment !

I think the Scor 4060 is a nice and versatile trail bike. I also like the Revel Rascal.

Great video. It’d be awesome if you did one for cross country categories.

the new Jeffsy looks very nice. I really considered to buy one, but i ended with a SCOR 4060 ST GX ahahah

Trail bikes are now the underrated ones unfortunately. Somehow everyone thinks they’re superstars on their enduros while dying on their 200m elevation rides lol

My fav so far is the Orbea Occam H20 LT, with Deore drive

Wow nice bike

Marin Rift Zone FTW!

A very useful and practical topic. Thanks. I wish that you had at least briefly identified your #2 & #3 picks for each category. Viewers would learn more if you had included that extra useful detail. Keep up the good work. Surprised by the Stumpy being #1 for the high end. I own that bike (2023, S5, 200 lbs). It bobs like crazy in out-of-the-saddle climbing, even in a more locked-out setting. That is the bike's big weakness. I feel like the bike demands that I remain seated in climbs. Annoying. Not certain why it is this way with this bike.

TREK TOP FUEL 8!

Just got a Marin Rift Zone a few months ago although I did upgrade, 142 to 148 rear and Sunrace to Shimano Linkglide Cassette, PNW Ranier dropper post and a Pike Select RC and a Marzochhi Bomber Air Metric Shock. I do not recommend you get it through Jenson though!

My favorite bike I've ridden is a Pivot Switchblade. I have a SB130, Tallboy 4 and while both are excellent, the Switchblade is my pick. My first full suspension was a 2018 Jeffsy and it was a great ride! Agree on that pick for sure!

Orbea Occam

The best deal that exist right now is the polygon t8 or t9. You can get the t8 for 1900 and the t9 for 2700. Both beat any other out there for price vs spec.

Brah, Jeffsy Core 2 is where its at. For like 300 bucks more you get far superior components that dont require you to swap stuff like the freebub down the line (which is 100 bucks in and of itself).

Atroz 1 FS MTB

Mondraker raze RR

Just got a canyon spectral 29 cf 7. Fox suspension an carbon fiber frame for $2899.

Trek fuel

Best FS trail bike - my Trek Fuel EX9.7 Gen 6 Best HT trail bike - my Orbea Laufey. I'm totally biased, and totally right!😉😅

damn son. toss me a sub 700 category. its hard out here

A lot of great choices but the Santa Cruz Bromson MX 2021 to present is my #1 choice.

Ibis Ripmooooooo

to be fair.. its realy hard to go wrong with any bike as long as you dont buy a walmart bike of something unbranded.. These days its mostly estathics that matter. My wife for example prefers bikes with vertical mounted shocks because it looks cleaner for her. i dont really care about that but i actually like the look of aluminum bikes over carbon since it is perceived sturdier

what about under 500 usd 😭😭i love riding bikes in the woods right by my house and i want to get more into it but i have a bike with no suspension at all and all of them are so expensive

I love videos like this that put different bikes head to head to determine which gives the best value! I have to disagree on your first selection though. The rift zone 1 is leagues behind the polygon T7. The Marin has worse wheels, unacceptably poor brakes, no dropper post, lower quality suspension, lower spec drivetrain and worst of all a quick release rear axle. The Marin is going to need upgraded brakes ($150-250) and a dropper post ($150-250) right away by anyone except the most inexperienced riders. The T7 is head and shoulders above any bike in its price range, which is why I bought one for my kid when it was on sale for $1730 CAD last Fall.

Cross country next please

My ARC8 Essential is the shiznizbit! 130/140 travel, Float X Performance shock, Fox 34 Performance w/GRIP X damper, XX SL/XO Tranny kit, OneUp V3 210 dropper post and carbon 20mm riser bar, Magura MT Trail Sport brakeset w/Galfer Shark rotors (180/180) and AB graphene pads, I9 A35 stem, HT T1 pedals, Bontrager Kovee Pro wheelset (30mm ID, 21mm depth, DT 240 internals, Sapim cx-Ray spokes), Schwalbe Wicked Will 2.6 rubber. Geo is absolutely MONEY!! 64.2 HA, 77.2 SA, 505 reach, 435 CS, 1282 WB Weight on this absurdly capable XL trail slaying WEAPON......with the beefy 2 6 WW Super Trail rubber, with the HT T1 pedals and with one side load cage...... wait for it......wait..... 25.8lbs!!! I will put this bike up against ANY big brand 120-140mm Trailbike ANY DAY, ANY TIME. Not only is this build $1000's less but no chance any Spesh, Trek, Pivot, Yeti, Santa Cruz, Orbea, Norco, Rocky Mountain, etc, etc..... comes anywhere NEAR the weight of this bike and the wheel/tire combo on the Essential is BOMBER. Can you tell I kinda like my bike?? But honestly, it's REAL hard to argue against this thing, the #'s just don't lie!!

No polygon t9?

Orbea Occam sl

POLYGON T8

Ibis Ripley AF

Jeffsy let down by the drivetrain.

Bro i dont rly need droper i can adjust seat my self its not that hard

Any budget?! Maybe if you're assuming everyone watching makes 6 figures minimum. Im sorry, but $1700 for a pedal bike (being the cheapest you mention) is hardly budget. I bought my first motorcycle for $900 FFS

I will choose none of them! I only ride yeti sb140 and yeti sb160. Nothing comes close to these bikes. I had Santa Cruz and trek as well. But yeti oh boy! Don’t let the switch infinity fool you. Maintenance on the switch infinity is easy to do and there is no noise, and the bike quality is fantastic. With that said all bikes shown on the video are great bikes. I just choose yeti as they fit me and the ride for me riding style is fantastic.

I wouldn't call starting at $1700 every budget. 🙄 I bought a perfectly acceptable beginner hardtail for less than 700.

An Evil bike is so much better than the trans bike.

As of the making of this video, in the 2k - 3k price range Giant is selling the Trance X 29 1 for $2850. That comes with a Fox rear shock and a Fox 36 fork. Also comes with Shimano SLX drivetrain. You would be an absolute fool to take the YT over that, the Fezzari and Canyon runners-up don’t compare either. I get so sick and tired of seeing DTC trash always being featured in these videos. Must be paid advertising. Makes no sense any other way. In the 3k - 5k category, picking any alloy bike over the numerous carbon choices out there in this current state of reduced/sale price the industry is in is just confusing. And the runners-up are all alloy too. Again, very confusing. You completely lost me by naming a Specialized at the top of the 8k+ category. Naming a Switchblade as runner up? Really? No mention of Evil. No mention of Revel. Santa Cruz and Rocky Mountain? Literally the most predictable and uninspired video I’ve watched in a while. I’m not trying to be a douche, this is just so bad. It’s hard to take anything in this video seriously after that.

Dont say "any budget" when there isnt even a sub 1k option. Which kind of college student can be comfortable spending 1600$ for a bike or does low budget not fall under "any budget" anymore? You could buy 8 regular bikes at the price of a "budget" trail bike. Ridiculous.

29 is so lame unless you’re over 6’ tall.