Steve, the more I watch the more you keep winning me over on this one. It’s fun to watch you get excited about a new bike that surprises you. Good review my friend. Awesome.
Just enjoy watching you rockin the trails. Bike seems to be a blast. Envious about trails and weather….winter stinks.🤮Greetings from frosty German winter.
It must be a good bike when you mentioned that you could be happy if it was your only bike. Great review Steve. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Watching your informative videos reminds me of the same enthusiastic feelings I had getting into BMX and bicycles in the early 80s as a teenager, it's freaking awesome, thanks for the content!
You've been riding some rad bikes lately. Gotta love that "special sauce"🤣. I have a feeling that Sour is going to blow up like Ragley did after your Big Al review. BTW, I'm really digging that bar and stem.
Thanks for the review. One of my local bike shops has become a dealer! Sweet! Again, I love seeing the trails. I was so lucky to have spent several years living three houses down from that water tank. Hope I can get back there. Maybe on a Sour Crumble...
Wonderful bike! It’s cool when you mention during your ride that the Sour has the feeling of a mullet in certain instances, like when cornering. Great review. Was fun to see that it manuals and wheelies so well!
What a great review as always. You make me want a lot of bikes you ride. But this one really sounds special. A bike for 95% of riding and is super fun without pushing to the max. Who wouldn't love that? I like to push hard at times, but I'm no racer or pro so I mostly run at about 65% effort. Bet this bike would be perfect for a ton of people. So jealous of your weather, it's been so rainy and wet here for the past month I haven't even been able to hit my trails. They're all closed! Riding the gravel rig on the road for exercise, but it's nowhere near as fun. Been rocking my longsleeve Hardtail Party jersey a lot. Took a while, but I finally got it a couple weeks ago.
Great review! Thank you for the effort and honesty, you've been riding a lot of fun bikes lately. I love that the all rounder can have special sauce too. This one looks so cool with that color where you are riding! Merry Christmas
Looking forward to your review on a Sour Pasta Party I know its considred a XC Bike but it also has a few goodies Ive noticed you like such as: Bikepacking capabilities, Steel, can be converted to single speed via its eccentric BB which by the way I dont think we´ve seen a review on from you... oh and contrary to many other steel bikes it has tapered Headtube. Itll be fun and educational to watch. Thanks for the great reviews 😉
Great review, didn't expect to have any interest in this one based on your first look video. I know you addressed it, but always a bit of a concern if the frame will maintain the same characteristics when production is moved to Germany. And as I would expect, the move has come with a price increase.
Nice review! So crazy to think 66/67° head angles are considered "steep" by todays standards when back in the 90's/00's anything below 71/72° was considered heavy Enduro or even "DH" lol. Circa 2001.. What!? 68° head angle? That's no hardtail! That's a DH monster! 🚵♂️😆
Use lacquer hair spray (women hair spray) installing grips. Aply a thin coat on the bars and a lot on the inside on the grips. It will slide super easy because it´s wet (the excess will come out)..... wait 1 hour for it to dry and it´s DONE!
was eagerly awaiting this review... as having lived in the city of Dresden, Saxony for 15 years myself, I feel a little local patriotism for this one... right now it would leave too big a dent in my budget, but I had my mind set on a crumble ever since they announced it... and you just solidified my decision one of these days, man.... one of these days I'll own one
@@sashaantidot2444 das ding ist... die haben auch nen Modell namens Big Fun, für 150/160mm Gabeln... mal sehen wo die Reise hingeht, paar Hunderter fehlen noch... die Stromrechnung war für letztes Jahr einfach zu krass
@@SlowpokeRodriguez80 meine wunsch auch ist Big Fun . Es kostet 1049 ohne Zusatz. es ist besser, es langsam angehen zu lassen, bis Sie sammeln und dann haben Sie ein echtes Fahrrad fürs Leben, als zu kaufen eine Stock und seelenlos. Ja Nebenkosten sind überall krass . Geht wieder alles im normalen
Your tested best cutting edge production metal frames seem mainly designed in Canada , Britain and Germany, Scandinavia. Direct sell seems to allow more nimble operations. There's plenty more areas of Europe and elsewhere for you to trawl.
Love the review of this bike , not sure about the mustard seed color. Do you have any plans on reviewing ti bars vs carbon vs aluminum ? I’m interested in ti bars , not so much on carbon. I’m little rough on equipment. Great job once again !
Glad to see a little german manufacturer can impress you like that… Hope you can get your hands on a crowd karl from Portus cycles. I will get in contact with Alex…maybe there will be a solution.
Bought a sour crumble frame last year. Built it up with spares and second hand parts, hopefully upgrade as funds allow but love the frame. Very well made. Only thing I don't like same as you said is internal brake routing. Love your videos, keep them coming. Merry Christmas.
Looks like a sweet bike. When I first heard about their bike the Pasta Party I was like that's the perfect name as a big fan of pasta & my in-laws family recipe(they are mostly Italian). Dang it sounds like I need to win some extra money to get a pair of those bars so the wife & I can have a matching ti supple bars.
How did you like the TRP's? I'm thinking of converting my wife's Fargo from a drop bar bike into a more rigid mtb for bike packing rig and had wondered if I should ditch her current spyre for hydraulics. Thanks for another great review, just what I needed before heading into the holiday season
steve could you just clarify the sizing in your review? I have very similar build(body) as you and the size small has 451 reach and made for 27.5 but you mentioned your review was medium with 451 reach. Before laying down the money I was wanted to double check the sizing you rode. love what you are doing! Great content! Ride on, brotha!
Those Roost Bars! are those the 20 degree or 30 degree rise in the video? What's your best reco on how to choose between the 2 options. Usage will be all around trail bike and bikepacking machine! thanks for sharing.
@@hardtailparty I was able to get them on just dry without any alchohol or windex. We will see how they do tomorrow afternoon! I really want them to be good lol.
Steve i eally enjoy both you and Tes' content and opinion. What is the best all around full sus bike you have ridden? I am looking to downsize and want a better climbing bike for places like bentonville. Thanks and Merry Christmas
Is there any chance you can get a Merida BIG TRAIL to review? They wont be for sale in the US because of their agreement as a 49% stake owner of Specialized but I would love to see how they fare.
Is it just me or is it hard to find a fast but playful light hardtail with modern geometry and in carbon? The ones I've come across have issues with low stack heights, slack seat tube angles, and steep head tube angles.
Any chance of you getting a Canefield Yelli Screamy to test when they ship next month? They sound exactly like your kind of bike. Aggressive HT with 120-130 mm fork
How does this compare to the Kona Honzo ESD or are they not directly comparable? A friend is selling his ESD and I'm coming from a 2013 Honzo mounted 130mm Formula 35 up front. I was nailed on for the ESD switch then I started watching this! Mind you almost every time I was one of your reviews I get excited 🤣
Bike sounded perfect for me until the lack Lustre technical climbing performance. That is a huge deal breaker for me. Local trails are extremely rocky and technical. Lots of ledges as shown :( I kept hoping to hear Steve change his mind after more seat time.
Stack on this bike is on higher end for a short travel and believe those bars are 35 rise as well? Just getting a low rise bar may help alleviate that as well. Wish this bike had sliders to SS!
@@hardtailparty ah, do you remember what the change was from the review? I noticed it had an extra bottle mounts now. Does this mean not at sag then? Sour replied to me to only say geo is with a 130mm fork, no other info.
@@hardtailparty Oh, I've heard something similar from the discord I'm in & caused some issue trying to understand the geo chart. The talk was the geo lines up if sag was at 7.5%. But, that was for the gen you reviewed. Not sure what the updated model is at then. Thank you for the reply.
Hey Steve, any plan to review the Sour Big Fun? A little more rowdy with external routing. I've got one on the way. Thanks for doing what you're doing!
