Okay guys so we're gonna check out some Roscoes now, it's a popular bike, fairly fresh bike from Trek and but we've been selling them really well for the past couple of years and we have a couple of the 2019s plus some of the 2020s so we'll get pull this guy out and check it out. So this here we have the 2020 Roscoe 6 so this comes with the Shimano Dior setup, it is a 1 by 10 setup so it has a nice range to it with the extended set on the back but it keeps it nice and simple, keeps that chain under a lot of tension so it's not gonna bash around as much as they do put it pretty decent fork on the front of this, it does have the 32mm stand so you get a little more stiffness out of this, a little more responsive and it's gonna keep that performance on the trail where you need it most. This one comes stock with 2.8 inch wide tires so that's a main benefit of the Roscoe, going to a 2.8 inch wide you're gonna have a much more responsive bike, a 2.8 inch is gonna absorb the trail a little bit better and it's going to make the ride a little comfier as well, the geometry of the Roscoe is pretty relaxed so it's gonna be a playful bike. The Roscoe 6 does not have a drop post but does have extra routing points so you are able to either route a drop post and a point for a front derailleur if you want to switch it to a 2x it's up to you, comes with some decent bun trage trail grips here, some textural hydraulic disc brakes and in overall clean setup it is kind of nice you only have the one lever on the side there's no drop post cable so it looks like a nice clean bike, you'd get the lock out on the front fork, minor adjustability and then matching pedals if you want to keep it, they've done a nice job with this on this year, rack points are still there you still have a bunch of bottle mounts if you need and it's a nice lightweight frame, this is Trek's Alpha aluminum gold series okay so now we've got the Roscoe 7 so there's a major upgrades to the Roscoe 7 our features like the drop post so if you're looking to get a little more aggressive on the trail or just have the benefits of a drop post which are things as climbing on and off the bike sees you down hills are easy, rough terrain is much more easy because you can get that seat down out of the way and allow your legs to be a bit more suspension, actually goes to the SRAM SX this year for the 2020 so you're actually is a first level of the eagle getting to do that 12 gears on the back and it's really nice you do get a lot more range with that you get an upgraded tire still a 2.8 but it goes again to a much more trail ready tire, a little more aggressive just to match and then you get upgraded to a rock shocks fork with air so you can adjust that for your own weight a lot more accordingly and you're able to get a bit more responsive ride than the the Roscoe 6 nice color scheme on this one obviously you have one more port they still have the same frame alpha gold aluminum and you can mount a front e-railer if you want maybe you'll switch it up to a Shimano 1x12 or 2x11 whatever the case may be Shimano breaks on this one instead of the text row so minor upgrade you may notice some performance differences but otherwise it's a nice well stock bike go into the 1x12 big upgrade go into a 1x12 big upgrade compared to the Roscoe 6 as well go into the drop opposed and those Shimano breaks everything you see is upgraded the tires wheels shifting everything so for the small amount of money is from the Roscoe 6 so Roscoe 7 lot of lot of value in that okay switching it up for one last bike we got the Roscoe 8 really nice color scheme we've had a lot of people like this and not crazy changes from the Roscoe 7 this year you do get a huge upgrade in a fork going to that brand new 35 mill stand-changed rock shocks you're gonna see a really big improvement in stiffness of the fork because of that the overall travel is the same you're just gonna see a performance on cornering and taking hits it's gonna perform really well all the way through the shock just use that extra stiffness gained you also go to a shrem and X so still the e-go still 1x12 but it's gonna be a little faster little lighter and honestly not a huge difference the descending crank probably drops off a huge amount of weight compared to the SX but on the trail I don't know if you'd notice a big difference in the Roscoe 7 or Roscoe 8 this year and minor touches the brakes are upgraded to one level it's the same levels same drop opposed very similar bike to the Roscoe 7 you're just getting slightly lighter parts really the big upgrade is this also if you did not know the Roscoe comes stocked with 27 by 2.8 inch tires big benefit will fit a 29 reminit with a 2.6 unlike the Excalibur which is not able to fit the plus size tires in there and you would be limited on your tire size so in the past two videos I've looked real quickly across the two main lines of tracks entry level bikes and that's the Merlin series and the Roscoe series the Excalibur I think is disappearing a little bit and this is just my opinion if you're looking for an entry level hardtail you're gonna be going in Merlin that's a bike which you'll be able to commute with as well as as well as hit the trail if you're looking for a nice relaxed geometry little more friendly on the downhill little more friendly on the aggressive stuff the Roscoe is gonna be a choice of bike the Excalibur is for the guys who are starting into racing cross country and they really think that that's where they're gonna go that's what you should get if you're just looking for a general purpose trail bike Roscoe if you're gonna look for one which does a bit of both I do the Merlin and with a bit of both I'd say if you do 50 50 50 percent of time you gotta be in city streets paved roads or gravel you'll really benefit from the Merlin series if you're gonna be mainly on the trail that's where I'd look at the Roscoe if you're looking for a playful bike and you out there to have fun the Roscoe is gonna be a really responsive bike easy to use and it's gonna be the most user friendly three cap Excalibur the guys who are looking to race cross country the Roscoe the guys who looking to have fun on the trails and get around places the Merlin's the entry level commuter as well as the entry level trail bike do it all so let me know what you think is the right bike for you you already ride you want a Merlin and thinking about getting into cross country racing should you go to the Excalibur series or should you look for a little more play and a little more fun with a value packed Roscoe my pick out of these bikes is go with a Roscoe 7 you get the one by 12 you get the drop post you get a decent set of brakes and a solid front fork I hope you guys enjoyed this I'm gonna keep making them the mediocre at best but maybe someone will get something out of it good luck guys