Best Value For Money Road Bike I've Seen (Polygon Helios)

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[daniellaw]

It's used by Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team, UCI Continental cycling team who just won Tour de Taiwan 2023 and many more races

[bobtahar]

Very famous brand in Malaysia... our pro team used the A9X.

Everytime when I watched YouTube video and when they said you'll never get a very good carbon bike with carbon wheel and Di2 below USD5k... I always comments and recommend Polygon Helios A bike.

Their A7X with 105 Di2 even more value for money.

[pbenjlo]

Been riding the A8X for almost a year. I love it. The only issue I also faced was the seatpost sliding down, but I'm 180 lbs. It took me a while to realize they included an extra collar made of steel to lock the seatpost for heavier riders. Problem solved.

[hansschmidt]

according to their website, polygon uses a mixture of 2 carbon fibres with lower and higher tensile modulus to build their frames.
what I found interesting is that they seem to use carbon fibres from a big player, the Japanese chemistry enterprise "Toray".

I'd love to see a real check of the carbon fibres used.

please vote this comment up so Cam and his colleagues might check the carbon frame more in detail.

I'm really curious, because polygon doesn't state in particular, which fibres they mixed and at what ratio.

[museves]

A friend had this bike for 2 years now, cant say anything bad.
From value to ride quality to comforty.
I as an Indonesia is proud that Polygon actually made something that is amazing.
Cant wait for the brutal review in your own words 👍👍👍

[hendraho]

Polygon is No 1 Brand in Indonesia, like Giant in Taiwan, this bike recently used by Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team(TSG) is malaysian UCI continental cyling team, at least proud to see this bike on your channel cam, keep it up

[Spartan]

About 10 years ago, Cell Bikes had carbon rim brake frames with Ultegra Di2 for 2 grand.

Polygon looks pretty good value considering how crazy the market has gotten since then.

[BIIIKES]

My gravel bike was a Polygon Bend R5 for about 1 year (review on my channel too- recent video). For $1500 USD, you got GRX800 series 1x groupset, dropper post, carbon fork, thru-axle, 800 series brakes, etc) Can not beat that deal for a gravel bike. I’ve since moved a lot of the components to a 2023 Trek Checkpoint SL frame (much lighter carbon frame), but the bike served me well. Nothing but good times!

[HuskyKyurem]

NO WAY! I've been waiting for someone to review this and do a test with it before buying this

[henryojeda]

Mountain Biker here - Polygon is very well known in the industry for their great value at entry-mid level. Ive really been scoping them out for an entry into road because my two hobbies, surfing and MTB are a struggle after it rains. They seem like they know their stuff and then for sure know how to penetrate a market. Id love to see you check out the Strattos from them, because it seems like an even more insane deal (albeit at bit less high end)

[Mububban]

Mate I can’t wait for this review. With prices going crazy and wages going backwards, Polygon are looking better and better

[hedhadwill]

Hey Cam, you've nailed it in the head when I say I've done the exact same calculations with this bike. I have this bike here in Korea, and I've been absolutely loving it because of how well it shreds through the asphalt. A lil fun fact about the wheels, I've been looking around for a decent wheel to upgrade for the future, and I've searched up the specs for the Ultegra C50 wheelset and realized that the specs are almost up to par with of course, minor differences, which is an amazing value proposition. If anyone gets a chance to purchase this bike I highly recommend it.I'm pretty sure if I muster up the courage, I'll do a video of my own!! Great video as always Cam!!👌👌

[wattislovecycling]

I have the Polygon Strattos SD8, endurance/climbing road bike with Ultegra set and I love it. It's not a well-known brand here in the US, so I bought it to be unique. It's not the bike it's the rider, not until you produce a PRO watt/kg output, then it could be the bike holding you back😂

[Canadian]

They are very dominant in Malaysia due to UCI pro team sponsorship, but their road bike sale network is basically absent elsewhere outside Southeast Asia. You may found their MTB in US/Canada sport chain’s bike department…..Their racing grade road bike are as good as other major brands though. However I truly prefer less people knowing the brand to avoid price hike…and yes they are quality carbon frame made in China.

[ASTK]

One of the flagship brand from Indonesia. You'll see many MTB & road bike flying Polygon'a flag.

[RetiredAdventurers]

Can’t wait for the review, I’m planning on buying a strattos 8, but wanted to see more reviews on it

[tbpcycling]

From what I know, those entity wheelset are rebranded/redecaled novatec R5 carbon wheels. So those are quite reliable and robust.

[daviddjerassi]

Thanks Cam and team looks great value for money at last.

[geralddycycling]

Hello, I am planning to buy this bike nextweek, as I look around the bike shops thinking of buying the emonda sl6 pro or the merida reacto 5000 exclusive, this bike caught my attention. The group set and the cockpit alone, this bike is way more better!

[supermitendo]

During the covid era when bike components were in high demand, people in Indonesia would buy complete Polygon bikes just for the groupset because it’s cheaper than buying a groupset from scalpers. They would then assemble the groupset on a different bike frame (usually from more well known companies) and throw away or resell the Polygon frame.