Permanent roof rack will increase fuel consumption by at least 15%.

what's the lumen rating? how long is the battery capacity?
those china lights, the beam is bright enough. but some get overheated and then shut down. or my friend's one, when the road gets bumpy the cable connection gets loose and disconnected. sometimes the light mode changes by itself. and they use cheapo batteries too.

u sure u can finish kayuh less than 2 hrs? if not, u can ask ur friends which those china made front lights they use, and ask if ok or not.

senang je nak tackle masalah misalign tu. Pakai thru axle

Never tries cateye. But i foresee 200lm pretty low?
I have lezyne microdrive 400, usable but not enough for me.
Ended up using it on the bar, but have another china made light those wired with ext battery type on the helmet as the main lighting.

Iluminox

I'm using that china made, but only 1 LED (T6 iinm), super bright (3 modes - Full, mid & blink). Full recharge can last you over for a long time - maybe a few months (depends on your usage) & i mount it on the helmet with cable tie. Everytime habis ride, just potong the tie, kawtim. Batt i put it in my backpack.

The good thing about this light (apart from the brightness) is that since it is on your helmet, you can torch it to anywhere. What i mean is that I torch it to the cars in the junction so they would knew my existence.. Apart from you can torch whatever you want to torch - especially in the darkest trail.. 

Get this. I have tried a few led and this one is really bright and price reasonable.

It has 4 pcs XM-L T6 LED which is very bright and evenly distributed. The power consumption is great as I have juice left after 2 hrs ride. The size is not too big too.

Solarstorm

not just bulky, the heat also needs to count in~

can share link, mate? 

In my humble opinion, though it may be different from many here,
I would go for the Scott.  Yes, true the 3 red marked in the chart is where the Polygon gave better components but not that much of a difference. The fork wise, both are forks that you are going to change in the near future if you stay on the game. Yes, Rockshox may be a better fork in this case, it is also the lowest end of their range. As for brakes wise, both are also , what we call the non series brakes apart from the Deore, SLX, XT or XTR. Maybe you can bargain with the LBS for at least a Deore. The brakes on the Polygon is a level higher but performance wise , both are similar. Finally the rear derailleur, Polygon shodded it with XT and this is where most bikes put their best because many newbies look at this part first. This is also one of the cheapest upgrade and first upgrade many mountain bikers do. Change the RD to XT, maybe spend another RM270 nowadays and then offset it with selling off the original. It cost just a mere RM100 extra.

This is where the Polygon can't keep up. The frame. The Scott 770 is an evolvement from Nino Schurter's factory carbon bike geometry. Although made with aluminum, the maintained the same geometry of the proven bike. So, the frame is proven. Don't under estimate the geometry of a frame, it make a whole world of difference. Also frame is one point you don't want to make a mistake on. Once this is confirmed , everything else can be changed. The wheelset of both bikes are nothing to shout about though. Even a RM680 Mavic Crossride can upstage them. As for stems, seat post Syncros is a better component.

Still this is just my opinion, the choice is still yours.

geometri win all, polygon just a trash bike ok

cheapo generic light, value for money. review oso ok
http://road.cc/content/review/108802-cree-...led-front-light

side by side comparison between generic two led light claimed rating 3000 or 5000 lumen (there are two versions, 3000 n 5000 lumen similar body design, on bbs) vs magicshine mj-890 claimed rating 160 lumen.





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actual was brighter, but phone camera facepalm. left generic, right magicshine.
picture taken about 1hr 15min into the ride. at the start of the ride, the generic light was brighter and had farther throw. brighter spot beam pattern with decent flood. then it got dimmer. the magicshine remained consistent. not bright enough for trail riding though. generic light bluish, magicshine yellowish. after 1hr 30min, the magicshine battery capacity remained between 30-60%, at 100% brightness setting.

burung hantu i dunno. have never joined.
pcc prez u need to be very fit and strong. 2013 edition, 51km 1455m elevation gain. 2015 edition, 56km 1612m elevation gain.
there are checkpoints with time limit u need to reach, otherwise u can't proceed.
cycling and running are two different sports. pcc prez and marathons are two different events. marathons, nobody will tell u not to proceed mid ride if u don't reach checkpoints in time.

I can help order if anyone interested.  RM50 for light and mount. Plus RM20 for charger + 1x 18650 battery.
The above price does not include postage to West Malaysia whcih should be Rm10-15.

If you are riding mostly on road or XC, 2x10 is just fine.  Infact its better as you can have more speed.
If you are riding trail or all mountain, then 1x10 or 1x11 would be the way to go.

JMHO

Been busy lately.. Finally hv time to test to put my 29er inside the car..
unfortunately, taking out just the front wheel won't be able to fit my forte...
Nxt test.. lower the backseat and test whether I can fit the bike through the boot.