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Thanks for the honest and thorough review! Keep shredding!

Great video! Appreciate the honest, unbiased, review.

Thank you for an unsponsored review that was very helpful and informative. I'm looking for my first full sus right now and their price drop makes it hard to overlook. The weight has always been what concerned me most. Good to hear it's still a decent climber. I've been to rocky knob and those can be some long climbs to the top.

Great review, I'm looking to get my first full suspension and this review convinced me to get the T8. 🤙🏽🤙🏽

Nice review, like you, I bought mine at the height of the pandemic at probably the highest price, but no regrets. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Getting this bike now for two grand is an absolute steal!

Awesome review! Thank you brother!

Nice review man. Appreciate you posting.

Thank you for this I am about to buy one. It will be my first full suspension bike I just recently got into riding trails and was looking for a bike to grow with me. Hopefully this bike will do the job

Informative and concise review- Well done!

Awesome review.

Awesome REAL review thanks !!

Thanks for the Great video I Recently purchased my first full suspension bike, a polygon siskiu T8 med 27.5 in that sic charcoal color and not long after that the pros closet advertised a carbon wheel set , reynolds black label trail wide 247 with i9 hydra hubs for $499 and yes I ordered a set right away.

Loved this review I should be watching this before I ordered it ahah but I broke my bike so just ordered this bike and will be my first new real bike I’m stoked !

Rad review man. Best review on this bike. I was looking at it trying to get the best review on it not by bikes online, and so on. But I pre ordered the 2024 T8. After watching your vid bro, I'm stoked I bought it! I'm following now brother. 🤙🏽

That bar colour looks great, went with a nukeproof horizon bar and saddle with blue accents to match the fox accents . Stacked my bike a month ago, and cracked the dropper post lever, so that got upgraded. Added a rubber frame protector to the bottom bracket after a rock put a dent in down there. Love my T8

Nice review 🔥in my country where this bike is made.. Indonesia... Polygon is the number one bicycle brand here and they have been developing bicycles for more than 30 years... and the great thing is that the price of used Polygon bicycles has not dropped significantly... it is stable at 10% - 20% and it is rare to find cases of damaged bicycle frames here

Bought my wife and myself the t8 last month. They are our first full suspension bikes. Love it so far. I believe the 27 small frame is about 30lbs after going tubeless.

FYI, upgrades inbound. I got some new wheels and brake upgrades. I’m also considering a fork upgrade! Be on the lookout for that video 😁

thanks for this review. also love your sunglasses. can you tell me what brand/model are you using?

This is right on the money. I bought mine in 2021, and I love it. Phenomenal value. I replaced the dropper lever right away. Since then, i cracked the rear rim and had to replace it, replaced the saddle, grips and tires. And I added clipless pedals, but thats just personal preference. Otherwise its still all original parts and riding beautifully.

I’ve had both the T7 and now the T8. Really like them both, and agree with you about the weight. I love the T8 and how much of a solid base it is. I’ll upgrade things over time. First thing to go will be the rims!

Nice review, I have the same lever on another bike and do not have that slop issue. It looks like you have too much cable/tension play. Now I have recently upgraded IMO to one up droppers. I love how the cable knob just slips onto the actuator lever on the bottom of the post. Instead of fiddling with that barrel lock with tiny Allen keys have to make your tension adjustment inside the seat tube. I like how the open end of the cable to the lever clamps down like your derailleur. Also no more weak sealed internal cartridges that fade you can set air pressure like on your shocks. Love that bike it’s tall stack look because they did not chop the steer tube like on a specialized etc.

get a E*thirteen Vario dropper lever They are cheap and by far my favorite I've had on my past 5 bikes. This T8 was on my radar started looking at a YT Izzo 130F/130R I'm getting into rocky punchy climbs and not just trail riding. Canyon Neuron CF 6 got my attention too as it's a bit cheaper. I've owned a polygon Vander N9. But I don't think the T8 will be the climber I'm looking for. thanks for putting your review out there!

I had my T8 for a year. Within a couple of weeks nipples came off a couple of spokes on the front wheel - BikesOnLine paid to get it fixed. A few weeks later another one came off and I bought new nipples and fitted it myself. At about 6 months the LH crank came off the spindle - I put it back and super torqued the retaining screws and had no more problems with it. At about 6 months I noticed that my rear wheel brake made horrible noises - eventually I worked out that the wheel axle spacer on the brake side needed to be adjusted. And around that time I found that if I pushed the bike backwards the chain would change gears on the cassette - I just left it. I sold the bike after a year - I was starting to ride really rough trails and wanted more suspension.

Like most of the responses, I also have a T8. I also got it in 2021 and paid all the money for it. I really truly do not take care of my bike. I ride in Phoenix AZ area. I run wax on the chain and Slime in the tubeless tires. I check my tires once every few months, wash it and wax the chain twice a year or so. I say this because it is possible I am to cause for some of the issues I have had. My rear suspension bearings locked up. Polygon offered to warranty them, but I had to take it to a bike shop.. I just bought a new set on Amazon for 20$ or so and pressed then in myself. I did the front fork lower leg service after about a 1000 miles of hard riding.... wow....what a difference. I found the brakes got hot and slipped pretty quick, I switched to Hard headed ram pads (first set was green, second set was blue) and upgraded the front rotor to 200mm, huge difference. On the first few weeks I switched to a Wolf tooth dropper lever, Bontrager seat, Evil bar and stem, Oval chainring (don't waste you money on this), and a few other odds and ends. 1500 very hard miles later, I still love the bike. I have no real complaints about it. I can out climb just about anybody (in very short bursts until my lungs give up). It is much more capable going down hill then I am.

Great review - so thank you! I am trying to decide on a bike. Haven’t ridden for 5 years and said 2024 was the year I get back at it! I have been trying to cheap out. Almost buying the polygon D7. Then started looking at other bikes and now the T8. You mentioned weight. At my price point most are 31-34#. I ruled out the t7 for that reason. Do you ride tubeless? I don’t plan on doing a lot of really technical riding. I just want a bike that doesn’t bob when climbing, and is fairly neutral geometry- not overly stretched or geared for downhill speed. Some have told me the components on the d7 are good enough. But I have learned never to short change myself. I just don’t want a pig of a bike. I am not a big guy. Even on the fence between 27.5 and 29 as I am 5’7 and between sizes with my 29” inseam.

I got this bike during the pandemic as well and made a video about it. Not sponsored and am a horrible rider lol. Great bike over 1k miles so far.

I got the Canyon Neuron AL 6 for $2050 new and it is slightly better for the extra $50 but it isn't always that price so I think the Polygon is the king on paper at this price.

Nice review, where did you bought the decals and pedals, are OneUp??

It’s a great bike. I upgraded many parts over the first year. Started with tokens in the fork and shock. Mine now has completely new Shimano brakes, larger 203mm discs, pedals, Maxxis rubber, new wider saddle, grips. (I threw that dropper remote in the garbage before I ever rode it😂) I also bought that exact bar too! That only lasted 6mths then upgraded to OneUp carbon bars. Those RaceFace ones although rad lookin, were way too stiff for me. Got super sore hands / wrists. Hell I even paint stripped mine and powdercoated it. It looks rad. My BIGGEST thing was the cassette. I honestly think that Sunrace cassette is garbage. I wore gears 1-5 completely in 6 mths. I really like the bike though. Heaps of fun.

I’m thinking you go with an overforked 150mm Fox 36 and a Float X out back for the upgrade - it’ll get you down to 64.5 on the head angle and only down to 76.3 or so which will still be great for climbing but you’ll add travel and clearance for avoiding pedal strikes even better - if you wanna go all mtn/enduro with it as the hits get bigger

Excellent review! 👊👍Ridin hard and put away wet most of the time... 🤣

T9 should be here on Monday....I'll let you know.

bikesonline-usa.sjv.io/EKONd2 Bikes Online is running a special on this bike. $1799 for the bike and they give you $200 to spend on gear too! Don’t hesitate, it’s definitely the one for you 😊

The new T8s come with a sun race rear cassette. I got mine last month. It's been good.

I have this bike, it’s awesome. It’s my first “big boy” bike. It climbed great and eats hard trails with ease. The only downside I don’t like is the tires suck for speed on pavement (yes, I know it’s a mountain bike but this means it’s not a great do it all bike with them on). I’m going to get some less aggressive tires. Still a wonderful bike.

With that price you can easily fit get a few nice upgrade parts and still be cheaper that most other bikes in that range

"Unconscious Bias" - brilliant.

I just assembled my xl t8 this morning. I wanted to get it assembled & weighed stock so I will know how much weight I knocked off. On my scales it kept bouncing between 36.0 & 36.2. Now I’ll go tubeless & add carbon handlebars.

I like the pedal, where did you purchase it? thanks

son have a Polygon D7. They use very cheap bearings for their linkage. Squeaking a lot already after 6 months and got them replaced with higher quality branded bearings. Yeah! enduro bearings are good too.

What is the bar width of your atlas handle bar? Do you use the default width ?

I wonder if there's ever a question of reliability when it's a polygon. As we say, Polygons are built like tanks. But maybe we're also a bit biased because we made friends with the people at the Polygon shops lol. Btw, how's the pedal bob? Kinda want to know what they've done witht he newer Siskius, I have an older D7 and man that thing has 0 antisquat and antirise which was crazy considering back then there wasn't a Siskiu T series and there were the Collosus T6 and T8. I have the Collosus T8 which has virtually no pedal bob and only has noticeable brake dive if you really jam the brakes while standing. But that one is definitely not a budget bike lol, its price when new would've been twice the Siskiu T8.

At 5:36 is that pilot rock?

What pedals are those they look sick!

Love my t8. Only downside are the rims, they're just so weak. I've had to upgrade them because of all the dents and the constant truing every big ride was so frustrating 😅

If you coule re buy would you get something else? What would be better to climb with for same money?

Kitty!!!

Where can I get those Fox 34 decals?

What size is this a Medium 29 or a Large? Also how tall are you?

I just bought a slightly used T8 for $800. Should I consider myself lucky?

The only thing I don’t like about it is the rainbow logo on the bottom it kind of ruins the vibe

What do I think of the Polygon.... Is that gray in your beard ? 😂🤣😅. Great Bike. he he