Okay guys so today we are going to look at the X-Calbiss series a lot of people have been asking for this and we have to have one in a store right now so do the review on that I'll compare against the Marlins and the Roscos has requested another new so did anyone see the new Mavic Air 2 which came out pretty sweet camera system very attempting to upgrade from the Mavic Mini Air Hub right now okay so today we're checking out the X-Calbiss series which a lot of people have been asking for it's going to be a pretty nice we've got the X-Cal9 in stock and we are going to have a quick review and compare them against the Roscos and the Marlins as requested so did anyone see the new Mavic Air 2 and is some pretty six specs for a small drone very attempting very attempting to upgrade the Mavic Mini so today we are looking at the X-Calbiss 9 I know a lot of people have been requesting this bike this is obviously the highest end in the X-Calbiss series so it does get the X-T12 speed really fast really responsive shifting looks like they've done a slightly new design on to do really here so it's going to be probably a little stiffer and responsive with this model you do get the remote lockout which works probably 60% of the time from our adjustments still a nice little feature to have I'm honest Kevin I'm honest really nice colorway on this one and with the X-Cal series you do not get a drop-up post like you would the Roscos series and the head angle is a little steeper so it is a little more cross country and a lot of people think that the Roscos is the exact same frame as the X-Calbiss but it is not still the alpha gold aluminum but this is made a bit more for cross country as opposed to the Rosco which is made for a more down country fun throw it around so yeah you do get hydraulic disc brakes on all the models whether it's a 7-8 or 9 for the X-Calbiss with the 9 you get in the MT-400s with the 7-8 you get in the MT-200s yeah mine and notice you'd feel in the kind of feel of the braking and stopping power but it's not a huge difference big difference between the models is really the drivetrain so you get the X-T 12-speed on the 9 you get the SRAM-SX 12-speed on the 8 which is a really nice spec to it obviously a little heavier and no way near as fast shifting as the 12-speed X-T but still pretty impressive with the 7 you are going back to a 2-by on the front and a variety in the back I forget how many but most people I think will try and jump up to the 1-by series all of them have the exact same tyre set up on them except the 8th and the 9 have the Kovie rims tubeless ready the 7 is just the Bontrager connection tyre or rim which is just an entry level rim will be significantly heavier compared to the Kovies and I'm not 100% sure if that's tubeless or any otherwise that's pretty much the X-Galabas there's not too much to talk to honestly they're a simple bike they may need to be lightweight so they get rid of the drop post and anything they can and go to a similar front fork as what the Ross goes would have but with the option of the remote lockout and lighter weight wheels this is kind of a cross country bike compared to a mall playful bike from the Ross go and the Merlin series in comparison would be more of a commuter style little comfy geometry as opposed to this aggressiveness. Merlin changed in the head tube angles by like two degrees so it's not really a massive difference. so these are the Merlin's down here like we say compared to the X-Galabas you go get a slightly more commuter ready geometry with it the suspension is not going to be as good with the 7 and the 7 they will be it's pretty much the exact same drivetrain from the Merlin 7 to the X-Gal7 you just switching out the frame all the rest of the components are pretty much the exact same and so this is essentially an X-Gal7 with the Merlin frame so the 7 will always represent the component so yeah if you're wondering whether you should get the Merlin 5 or 6 or 7 or then jump into the X-Galabas or Ross go series there is a small amount of crossover with the Merlin 7 you are getting the same price back as the X-Gal7 and with the Ross go 7 it is completely different price back so the 7 doesn't always represent the same thing if you're looking for a commuter friendly bike the Merlin is their goal if you're looking for a more cross country trail bike the X-Gal7 goal and if you're looking for kind of fun all around who cares bike you're looking at the Ross go which is the most popular one we see here the Merlin is a great biking can do trails but not really designed for the racing side of things the X-Gal7 is designed that you could race and really be a fast trail rider and the Ross go again is just designed to kind of hammer the trails make a mess just like a fractal ride where you're going to have fun and be able to be very capable on it that's why going to a one-by system on any of the Ross goes is a nice benefit and that's just because of the simplicity of it so it makes it a simple ride easy for anyone to use okay so yeah now we've kind of gone over all the bike series check out my video for the Merlin 5 comparison or the Merlin comparison 5 6 7 check out the video for the Ross go comparison and now we've done a quick one on the X-Caliber the X-Caliber is definitely slowing in popularity more people are choosing the bit more comfy geometry of the Merlin and then the switching over to the Ross go for that fun playful ride in the off-road scene the X-Cali is kind of just falling into this weird place where nobody knows if they want it or not really it's just the entry level races are starting to use this bike it's lightweight it's got a good geometry for that really responsive it's just in a funny time of life and I think they'll maybe be changing it up soon to make it more defined where it's going more of a race bike or remove it altogether I'm not a hundred cents sure found this video helpful please subscribe and do a thumbs up because it does help everything I will keep making them we will be transitioning already to the 2021s come late July early August so that's kind of cool with every kind of everything that's going on in the world things will be bumped up a little bit faster and and keep an eye out for new videos coming up I will be doing videos on the gear I use so the camera system I drone and had a few people ask about that so we will be doing that and yeah keep an eye good luck at room