I thought my 170mm enduro bike was just as plush and easy to ride in the park until I brought both bikes and did a back-to-back test. Hands down, for me the DH bike was better.
Yup! And that was one of the reasons I wanted to only ride my enduro, because a DH bike was too comfortable. I want my skills to develop on the bike I ride most of the time.
@@VanCan Fair enough, and you did say that at the top. But you also went down a tech trail and then said the enduro was arguably better than a dh bike. I'm skeptical that's true, but far be it for me to tell you what you should be riding :) Maybe your feelings will change when you get a sponsored dh bike :D
@@VelkePivo the flatter and more janky tech is where I prefer an enduro. But nothing beats romping a DH bike at speed through some gnar. You can actually build up the warden as a DH bike which i mentioned I might do in this video!
@@VanCan Beside developping your skills, its also must sketchier to ride an enduro bike in downhill trails + the bike is always broken because not built enough strong to resist hardcore trails.
I race mtb, I race downhill class on a 190mm zeb and I can say just the second crown and added stiffness from it is the biggest advantage to the downhill bikes. Not the suspension travel.
I've been using my Ibis Ripmo as my park bike for the last 2 years and it's worked well. Though my usual park is Trestle which is mostly flow and jumps so is fairly friendly to trail and enduro bikes. Though I did take my Ripmo to Fernie Bike Park and was able to ride basically all of the single black tech with no issue and only a little slower than the DH bikes that were giving me tow ins, the only trail I didn't have the courage to try there was Klondike Karnage (which I believe is the 2nd steepest trail in Canada only behind the Dead Dog line on Psychosis DH).
I have an ibis ripmo af as well, I ride it everywhere, even on double black jump trails. I haven’t done much tech on it, but I love how it handles jumps and drops.
Can't hurt that the bike/skill level are a great match. Would probably still consider a downhill bike for alot if the trails you all ride in BC. But, it says alot about how well Enduro bikes are built these days to handle the type of tech that you regularly ride. Another great share, Nic, thanks!
I have actually sold both my main trail bike and dh setup after picking up an advanced pro reign from giant, pretty much identical geo to the knolly but a tighter shorter rear, feels kind of like a mullet even though its a full 29er. Handy since I am only 5'10" The enduro scene is as varied as it is wild and there is an answer in the mix for everyone. I hate the n+1 habit I used to have, so couldn't be happier with one bike taking the slot of two.
I have a big XL Commencal meta 2021, I love how eat eats absolutely everything up, but it’s a big effort to pedal it uphill for more than about 5 hours. Though lately and more and more I just love flying around fast just about everywhere on a light hardtail carbon Xc bike.
Was that top of the world to the base of Fitz? There's no way those two beat Melamed's record for TOW>Fitz base, and as far as I know Melamed still holds that record that he set in 2019
Definitely some good points. I have a DH bike because the enduro bike gets too beat up by the park. I think the skills transfer less for me because the DH is 27.5, enduro is 29.
For me the DH / trail bike combo makes the most sense. People are quick to justify getting rid of the DH bike if they are set on having an enduro. But if you want something that pedals a little bitter a 130 or 140 travel trail bike and a DH rig is a great combo
I agree. I have a dh bike, two 170mm enduro bikes set up for bike park use and a 120/140 Evil Following. If I get rid of any bikes it would be the two enduro bikes. Having ridden the dh bike at the park back to back with the enduro sleds, I find I much prefer the dh bike. And the Following is such a crazily capable trail bike I don’t see a need for an enduro bike on any trail riding I’m likely to do. Now, if you can only have one bike then the enduro bike is a fantastic do-everything choice.
The other combo that makes sense if you're only going to have 2 bikes is an enduro bike and a downcountry bike, especially if you're not riding a ton of park. Though for the "one bike to rule them all" quiver killer the 150ish travel AM bikes and some of the smaller enduro bikes like the RM Altitude and Yeti SB150 make sense if you are only going to run one bike.
I had an SB165 that I rode at a very rocky bike park, Mountain Creek. I liked the bike but just never felt as comfy as I did on my DH bike. Ended up selling It and getting a Demo Race Mullet, and I’m happy again! Haha I have an Ibis Ripmo AF for trail riding and happy with that choice as well. I think it all comes down to preference and what you’re comfortable with.
I found for me the perfect bike for between dh and enduro it is a Rocky Mountain slayer the same frame is used for both the enduro and dh versions of the bike and with the flip chip both can be the same slackness of 63.5° one downside is it is a bit heavy on flat but is surprisingly good on climbs
I haven’t ridden park yet, and I’m still somewhere in the low to mid-intermediate range rider (the kind of rider who does, but is challenged by, easy and mid-single blacks), but I’ve often thought it would make sense to ride your everyday bike in the park so as to likewise translate to your everyday trails. My current all-mountain bike probably would be outgunned by Whistler bike park, but on my next bike I plan on going full enduro. When I do, I’m surely going to use it if/when I do park.
You already made two somewhat contradicting videos. “Why I always will keep a downhill bike” and “Hmm this enduro bike is surprising me/more fun/more capable than I thought it would be”. So I am glad you revisited it with a summary
I put over 400 park miles on my Ripmo AF last season and it held up pretty well, granted I'm not hitting BC level tech at race pace, but still hitting a lot of jump lines at speed with a fair few cases and a few trillion braking bumps at mach chicken. Stumpy Evo alloy should be a great park bike, FSR should be smooth on braking bumps and the evo is one of the best cornering bikes on the market, and takes big hits well for its travel.
The point of riding your endour bike at the bike park so it translates to trails is the same reason I ride my Santa Cruz Bronson at the jump part instead of a dirt jumper.... so I can take those skillz to the trail
awesome riding. do you at least run DH or DD tires on the enduro bike, that seems a must. I recently sold my DH bike(2013 canfield the one, 26inch) while i can still get something for it,only have 150 mm bike now, brake bumps will be rough I think. i dont ride park much now so ok. But maybe a 180mm bike would be great for park riding.
So you do like the knolly better on the big jump lines like Merchant? I have a 2018 carbon warden and I like my DH better. But I think it is because the knolly feels too small (older large) and my DH is a Commencal Furious....so not a true DH. I have been toying with the idea of dumping both for a more modern geo Enduro ride. Your thoughts?
Did you say you would build up a warden as a dh bike? Is there linkage to get more travel cuz I thought the warden was similar to chilcotin in terms of geo just a 27.5er
This year on my yearly Whistler trip, I decided to ride my 150/160mm Stumpjumper EVO alloy and to my surprise, it was fine on all of these same trails. Bottomed out pretty hard on the dirt merchant drops, but did just fine overall.
Did Marty Masters and Filthy Ape for the first time a few weeks ago on my Chilcotin...surprised how smooth Marty Masters was...looks terrible but felt like nothing haha
I have kinda had the same problem, I can’t get jumps right on dh bikes, I don’t own one so I rent dh when I go to a park but it just feels so weird on jumps I can’t get used to it, I do love twking dh bikes on tech though 😂
Timely post for me. I'm thinking about throwing a dual crown on my Forbidden Dreadnought for next year up there. ...make it kind of a down enduro. I'm currently running it with a 170mm single crown (mullet, HA=63) and if I go dual, it'd be 180mm with a similar HA. Everything else would be the same as the enduro setup, just a dual crown. Any opinions on how big of a difference that change would make?
@@VanCan Any thoughts on how a dual crown "down enduro" would handle Seymour (CBC, Corkscrew, Pingu, JD, Pangor)? Think there'd be any sacrifice on the tighter stuff?
That or add HSC. When I rode in BC for the first time I did have to add 1 turn of HSC vs what I usually ride in Colorado/Wyoming but didn't have to mess with anything else to get the bike feeling good.
About the "no token in the fork thing": i'm pretty much your size and weight (190cm tall x 95kg) and I ride an aggressive hardtail (Orbea Laufey 2020 with a yari 160 fork), I found that 1 token and 25% sag doesn't get me to use more than 80% travel on a debonair 2021 shaft, and beats my hands too. I recently upgraded the damper to RC2.1, again I wasn't using more than 80% travel, so I removed the token, sagged at recommended pressure for my weight and found the bottom of my fork pretty easily. So I added air until I wasn't bottoming out and using 90% of travel under normal riding conditions, and sag is at around 17% or less. It's like 25psi more than recommended! Is this normal? I've dialed compressions pretty much closed (-1HSC, -4LSC), rebound a couple clicks faster than recommended, and it feels pretty much OK everywhere. My trails are quite rough, EWS like (I'm in northern italy, close to the alps, a couple hours away from where Enduro MTB was actually born) so we ride roughs stuff all the time. what's your take on fork setup for bigger guys? especially now that you're experimenting with a hardcore hardtail yourself! kudos on that btw!
Did you sell it to a kid in Delta? I sold my bike to him and eased up the price thinking he was a kid. Few weeks later, my bike was on the market for 1.5k more than what he paid for :(
Yeah Nick I have said many times unless you’re doing WC Rampage or hardline you don’t need a DH bike coming from me who ride a 2014 glory on the street lol a 170 front and rear Enduro bike will just about do anything you throw at it I would never get rid of my glory it is my dream bike but knowing how good Enduro bikes are nowadays I wish would’ve saved a bit more money and got one Just because the weight saving dh of that area are bits on the heavy side
im like 100x less skilled and brave than you so for me the added travel of the DH bike was my safety buffer to survive mistakes also running 27.5 with DD casings and cushcore on heavy rims all contributed to rolling resistance to reduce speed and stay off the brakes to reduce hand/arm pump.. BUT I sold the DH bike for a transition spire and my concern is not that it wont be capable, the bike is slacker and just as long as my DH bike and rides amazing but it just rolls so much faster and is so much lighter that controlling speed is more of an issue than it was on the DH bike. I should probably run a different wheel and tire setup for park to slow the rolling down on the spire.
Or work on braking technique to carry speed and then just slow down as you're coming into features. My Ripmo is the same, 29er, with just EXO+ and a fast rolling rear so gains speed quickly, so you need to be good at smooth braking to get into features at the right speed since it's easy to come in too fast on that bike.
DH bikes are so much more reliable got 250 bikepark days on my Gambler meanwhile my Norco Sight cracked after 3 days in Whistler. Same for the oem rims that i destroyed after 2 days.
I agree! I got a gambler because my Norco Range broke in two parts , I have to admit the Gambler didnt get much love from me (maintenance) but it showed me so much love back in return and gave me so much confidence, I only have space for one bike so thinking Commencal Clash because I mostly do park and because I could do with something a little easier to pedal for trails and something I can throw around more.
@@brentonmtb I have the old version from 2015 it is pretty noisy but it is a rewarding bike if you ride hard. The frame is really strong never had any issue with it and i have 100 days in Morgins, Chatel, Verbier, Champery with the bike.
It looks so empty there! Do you ride solo generally with this type of video? I generally prefer to ride with buddies when things are cusping on dangerous.
Majority of the bikes at Whistler bike park are single crown trail/enduro bikes. I don’t understand why people prefer that over a DH bike. For me, nothing beats a dual crown DH bike at Whistler.
2021 Dh commercial furious free ride dh bike for me single speed super light I can see why people get a enduro all round bike but I don’t like peddling that’s why I ride park haha sweet baby 👍🏻
So you sold the dh because it was too good 🧐 Nah But I do understand what you're saying I have a shore and a aurum I'm way better on the aurum but to be honest I'm thinking about putting a 12sp on the dh and selling the enduro
Bike check here: th-cam.com/video/RGaXP9A62a4/w-d-xo.html
Bro I'm just asking why your crank is different what happened 5Dev? I'm going to buy a 5 dev crank
Of course Blake was on hard tail
It always amazes me, the composure with which you can speak into your camera while riding. Great vid!
I thought my 170mm enduro bike was just as plush and easy to ride in the park until I brought both bikes and did a back-to-back test. Hands down, for me the DH bike was better.
Yup! And that was one of the reasons I wanted to only ride my enduro, because a DH bike was too comfortable. I want my skills to develop on the bike I ride most of the time.
@@VanCan Fair enough, and you did say that at the top. But you also went down a tech trail and then said the enduro was arguably better than a dh bike. I'm skeptical that's true, but far be it for me to tell you what you should be riding :) Maybe your feelings will change when you get a sponsored dh bike :D
@@VelkePivo the flatter and more janky tech is where I prefer an enduro. But nothing beats romping a DH bike at speed through some gnar.
You can actually build up the warden as a DH bike which i mentioned I might do in this video!
@@VanCan Beside developping your skills, its also must sketchier to ride an enduro bike in downhill trails + the bike is always broken because not built enough strong to resist hardcore trails.
I race mtb, I race downhill class on a 190mm zeb and I can say just the second crown and added stiffness from it is the biggest advantage to the downhill bikes. Not the suspension travel.
12:58 Hopefully that guy makes a full recovery
yeah wtf
I wish there was a way we could see on video when they use brakes, how much brake they use, and which brake they use. For learning purposes.
Never considered the skill-transference dynamic of sticking with an enduro bike at the park. Good stuff, Nic!
pretty funny how relaxed you are talking while riding some of those tracks haha
I've been using my Ibis Ripmo as my park bike for the last 2 years and it's worked well. Though my usual park is Trestle which is mostly flow and jumps so is fairly friendly to trail and enduro bikes. Though I did take my Ripmo to Fernie Bike Park and was able to ride basically all of the single black tech with no issue and only a little slower than the DH bikes that were giving me tow ins, the only trail I didn't have the courage to try there was Klondike Karnage (which I believe is the 2nd steepest trail in Canada only behind the Dead Dog line on Psychosis DH).
I have an ibis ripmo af as well, I ride it everywhere, even on double black jump trails. I haven’t done much tech on it, but I love how it handles jumps and drops.
Can't hurt that the bike/skill level are a great match. Would probably still consider a downhill bike for alot if the trails you all ride in BC. But, it says alot about how well Enduro bikes are built these days to handle the type of tech that you regularly ride. Another great share, Nic, thanks!
Someone was really happy during this video xD glad to see you enjoyed making it as much as we enjoy watching 👍
My God that's steep and fast. Incredible riding skill vancan
I have actually sold both my main trail bike and dh setup after picking up an advanced pro reign from giant, pretty much identical geo to the knolly but a tighter shorter rear, feels kind of like a mullet even though its a full 29er. Handy since I am only 5'10"
The enduro scene is as varied as it is wild and there is an answer in the mix for everyone.
I hate the n+1 habit I used to have, so couldn't be happier with one bike taking the slot of two.
I have a big XL Commencal meta 2021, I love how eat eats absolutely everything up, but it’s a big effort to pedal it uphill for more than about 5 hours. Though lately and more and more I just love flying around fast just about everywhere on a light hardtail carbon Xc bike.
Agreed I will never ride my Enduro bike around my local trails anymore now I just use my carbon hartail for xc and my Enduro for Bike park laps
Sam Pilgrim & Blake Samson’s 17 min top to bottom run , on enduro bikes, show’s it perfectly 🤘👌
Yeah, that ride was insane! 😁
Was that top of the world to the base of Fitz? There's no way those two beat Melamed's record for TOW>Fitz base, and as far as I know Melamed still holds that record that he set in 2019
@@mrvwbug4423 it was from the top of garbanzo i think
I love to see the progression from your early videos
Definitely some good points. I have a DH bike because the enduro bike gets too beat up by the park. I think the skills transfer less for me because the DH is 27.5, enduro is 29.
Great video! Felt like we were just along for the fun!
Love that Knolly. Such a clean looking bike, built for riders. Great video showing its capabilities. Keep up the good work! 🍺
For me the DH / trail bike combo makes the most sense. People are quick to justify getting rid of the DH bike if they are set on having an enduro. But if you want something that pedals a little bitter a 130 or 140 travel trail bike and a DH rig is a great combo
I agree. I have a dh bike, two 170mm enduro bikes set up for bike park use and a 120/140 Evil Following. If I get rid of any bikes it would be the two enduro bikes. Having ridden the dh bike at the park back to back with the enduro sleds, I find I much prefer the dh bike. And the Following is such a crazily capable trail bike I don’t see a need for an enduro bike on any trail riding I’m likely to do. Now, if you can only have one bike then the enduro bike is a fantastic do-everything choice.
The other combo that makes sense if you're only going to have 2 bikes is an enduro bike and a downcountry bike, especially if you're not riding a ton of park. Though for the "one bike to rule them all" quiver killer the 150ish travel AM bikes and some of the smaller enduro bikes like the RM Altitude and Yeti SB150 make sense if you are only going to run one bike.
@@mrvwbug4423 agreed. This would be a great combo
And there's me with 140/130 trail bike which is overkill for most of my local trails 😂
I had an SB165 that I rode at a very rocky bike park, Mountain Creek. I liked the bike but just never felt as comfy as I did on my DH bike. Ended up selling It and getting a Demo Race Mullet, and I’m happy again! Haha I have an Ibis Ripmo AF for trail riding and happy with that choice as well. I think it all comes down to preference and what you’re comfortable with.
I found for me the perfect bike for between dh and enduro it is a Rocky Mountain slayer the same frame is used for both the enduro and dh versions of the bike and with the flip chip both can be the same slackness of 63.5° one downside is it is a bit heavy on flat but is surprisingly good on climbs
I haven’t ridden park yet, and I’m still somewhere in the low to mid-intermediate range rider (the kind of rider who does, but is challenged by, easy and mid-single blacks), but I’ve often thought it would make sense to ride your everyday bike in the park so as to likewise translate to your everyday trails. My current all-mountain bike probably would be outgunned by Whistler bike park, but on my next bike I plan on going full enduro. When I do, I’m surely going to use it if/when I do park.
You already made two somewhat contradicting videos. “Why I always will keep a downhill bike” and “Hmm this enduro bike is surprising me/more fun/more capable than I thought it would be”. So I am glad you revisited it with a summary
Awesome Footage 😎 I Just Bought A RockyThunderBolt 150/140 Awesome Trail Bike Went Directly Too The Trails 😎
I was thinking about buying a downhill bike. Thanks for saving my money! :D
So right about park beating up an enduro bike. My stumpy evo alloy was straight abused in just 30 miles of park. Renting a DH next time.
I put over 400 park miles on my Ripmo AF last season and it held up pretty well, granted I'm not hitting BC level tech at race pace, but still hitting a lot of jump lines at speed with a fair few cases and a few trillion braking bumps at mach chicken. Stumpy Evo alloy should be a great park bike, FSR should be smooth on braking bumps and the evo is one of the best cornering bikes on the market, and takes big hits well for its travel.
Any chance you could come and jaunt on the east coast?
Sick riding 🤙🏾💯
The point of riding your endour bike at the bike park so it translates to trails is the same reason I ride my Santa Cruz Bronson at the jump part instead of a dirt jumper.... so I can take those skillz to the trail
I do that too!
8:53 Hey VanCan
Haha how cool!
Dude you are shredding this year … sorry, I mean rompin lol
awesome riding. do you at least run DH or DD tires on the enduro bike, that seems a must. I recently sold my DH bike(2013 canfield the one, 26inch) while i can still get something for it,only have 150 mm bike now, brake bumps will be rough I think. i dont ride park much now so ok. But maybe a 180mm bike would be great for park riding.
Exo or exo+ with cushcore
@@VanCan ok, thanks. Still pretty lightweight, impressive.
I always wondered how people can hop on any bike and shred. I have to tweak and dial everything in just the way I like it. Then get familiar with it.
So you do like the knolly better on the big jump lines like Merchant? I have a 2018 carbon warden and I like my DH better. But I think it is because the knolly feels too small (older large) and my DH is a Commencal Furious....so not a true DH. I have been toying with the idea of dumping both for a more modern geo Enduro ride. Your thoughts?
Geo makes a huge difference for sure, especially if you want a bigger bike!
Did you say you would build up a warden as a dh bike? Is there linkage to get more travel cuz I thought the warden was similar to chilcotin in terms of geo just a 27.5er
12:05 A HARDTAIL!!!!
what's your mic setup? Sounds soo clear
GoPro with wind covers
@@VanCan wow ok didn't think it would make such a difference - just saw your Shorts video about it - thanks!
Saw u up at mt Washington bike park
This year on my yearly Whistler trip, I decided to ride my 150/160mm Stumpjumper EVO alloy and to my surprise, it was fine on all of these same trails. Bottomed out pretty hard on the dirt merchant drops, but did just fine overall.
Did Marty Masters and Filthy Ape for the first time a few weeks ago on my Chilcotin...surprised how smooth Marty Masters was...looks terrible but felt like nothing haha
Totally! Looks so sharp. Rides so smooth
Do you run any tire inserts? and if so only rear or front and rear?
Cushcore front and rear!
What adapter do you use to mount your sram gx axs shifter on your shimano xt brake ?
I have kinda had the same problem, I can’t get jumps right on dh bikes, I don’t own one so I rent dh when I go to a park but it just feels so weird on jumps I can’t get used to it, I do love twking dh bikes on tech though 😂
Timely post for me. I'm thinking about throwing a dual crown on my Forbidden Dreadnought for next year up there. ...make it kind of a down enduro. I'm currently running it with a 170mm single crown (mullet, HA=63) and if I go dual, it'd be 180mm with a similar HA. Everything else would be the same as the enduro setup, just a dual crown. Any opinions on how big of a difference that change would make?
The dual crown adds a good amount of stiffness upfront and that makes me more confident for sure!
@@VanCan Any thoughts on how a dual crown "down enduro" would handle Seymour (CBC, Corkscrew, Pingu, JD, Pangor)? Think there'd be any sacrifice on the tighter stuff?
It would be fine most of the time, but yes, it would make the tight tech more tricky
@@VanCan Great. Thanks.
1:21 what the hell!
Me: Looking videos like that - Ok. Looks easy.
Also Me in front of 0.5 m drop: There is no way here.
I’m not sendy enough to need a downhill…rocks in the shin are uncomfortable
It's insane how you keep talking casually when you are going down steep rocky rollers
I'm definitely interested in buying those tr37's. Sounds like your running the onyx hub. Are you having any issues with either?
They’ve been great! I have an affiliate discount- if you’re interested you can message me on Instagram!
Don't have that. Is there another way? If not I'll make the effort
Shoot me an email van.can.mtb@gmail.com
12:57 be careful, crawling bikers on the trail! O_o
wtf was going on at 12:59 with those 2 guys?
Don't we need to add more tokens for park riding to prevent bottoming up?
That or add HSC. When I rode in BC for the first time I did have to add 1 turn of HSC vs what I usually ride in Colorado/Wyoming but didn't have to mess with anything else to get the bike feeling good.
Put a Fox 40 or Boxxer on your Knolly.
Word of the day: "Jaunt"
About the "no token in the fork thing": i'm pretty much your size and weight (190cm tall x 95kg) and I ride an aggressive hardtail (Orbea Laufey 2020 with a yari 160 fork), I found that 1 token and 25% sag doesn't get me to use more than 80% travel on a debonair 2021 shaft, and beats my hands too. I recently upgraded the damper to RC2.1, again I wasn't using more than 80% travel, so I removed the token, sagged at recommended pressure for my weight and found the bottom of my fork pretty easily. So I added air until I wasn't bottoming out and using 90% of travel under normal riding conditions, and sag is at around 17% or less. It's like 25psi more than recommended! Is this normal?
I've dialed compressions pretty much closed (-1HSC, -4LSC), rebound a couple clicks faster than recommended, and it feels pretty much OK everywhere. My trails are quite rough, EWS like (I'm in northern italy, close to the alps, a couple hours away from where Enduro MTB was actually born) so we ride roughs stuff all the time.
what's your take on fork setup for bigger guys? especially now that you're experimenting with a hardcore hardtail yourself! kudos on that btw!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
I ride nuckproof mega 290 alloy feel exactly the same
Did you sell it to a kid in Delta? I sold my bike to him and eased up the price thinking he was a kid. Few weeks later, my bike was on the market for 1.5k more than what he paid for :(
I did sell it to someone who tried to flip it. I was happy with the price I got so I wasn’t too worried.
Yeah Nick I have said many times unless you’re doing WC Rampage or hardline you don’t need a DH bike coming from me who ride a 2014 glory on the street lol a 170 front and rear Enduro bike will just about do anything you throw at it I would never get rid of my glory it is my dream bike but knowing how good Enduro bikes are nowadays I wish would’ve saved a bit more money and got one Just because the weight saving dh of that area are bits on the heavy side
Hey so when nick and jay and possibly spencer going to do a bmx video 👍
im like 100x less skilled and brave than you so for me the added travel of the DH bike was my safety buffer to survive mistakes also running 27.5 with DD casings and cushcore on heavy rims all contributed to rolling resistance to reduce speed and stay off the brakes to reduce hand/arm pump.. BUT I sold the DH bike for a transition spire and my concern is not that it wont be capable, the bike is slacker and just as long as my DH bike and rides amazing but it just rolls so much faster and is so much lighter that controlling speed is more of an issue than it was on the DH bike. I should probably run a different wheel and tire setup for park to slow the rolling down on the spire.
Or work on braking technique to carry speed and then just slow down as you're coming into features. My Ripmo is the same, 29er, with just EXO+ and a fast rolling rear so gains speed quickly, so you need to be good at smooth braking to get into features at the right speed since it's easy to come in too fast on that bike.
How you liking the Spire now? (cause spire vs warden vs altitude vs other things on my mind)
DH bikes are so much more reliable got 250 bikepark days on my Gambler meanwhile my Norco Sight cracked after 3 days in Whistler. Same for the oem rims that i destroyed after 2 days.
I agree! I got a gambler because my Norco Range broke in two parts , I have to admit the Gambler didnt get much love from me (maintenance) but it showed me so much love back in return and gave me so much confidence, I only have space for one bike so thinking Commencal Clash because I mostly do park and because I could do with something a little easier to pedal for trails and something I can throw around more.
@@brentonmtb I have the old version from 2015 it is pretty noisy but it is a rewarding bike if you ride hard. The frame is really strong never had any issue with it and i have 100 days in Morgins, Chatel, Verbier, Champery with the bike.
wtf are these guys doing there? 12:59
Seriously though.. what is going on there?
I think they ate shit lol
Inside corner in the turn? Think it’s a pad over a rock, or a stup🤷♂️
Nah thats 2 dudes laying on eacht other
It looks so empty there! Do you ride solo generally with this type of video? I generally prefer to ride with buddies when things are cusping on dangerous.
No I usually ride with friends!
Majority of the bikes at Whistler bike park are single crown trail/enduro bikes. I don’t understand why people prefer that over a DH bike. For me, nothing beats a dual crown DH bike at Whistler.
2021 Dh commercial furious free ride dh bike for me single speed super light I can see why people get a enduro all round bike but I don’t like peddling that’s why I ride park haha sweet baby 👍🏻
or santa cruz v10
Sick bike
@VanCan on fire 🔥
Might just be me, but the more I was riding my DH bike, the faster I was on an enduro/trail rig….
nice video
Probably the best option is a 200+mm Enduro bike, like the Canfield One2, Orange 329, or Norco Range (with Cascade link).
if you are gonna biuld a DH bike in the future i consider you biuld a Norco aurum
I peddle my Arum 2 10+ miles a day. It rides like a Cadillac!!
Sam Pilgrim rides hardtail Walmart bikes at Whistler. It's less about the bike than it is the rider. Ride what you like, not what other's prefer.
So you sold the dh because it was too good 🧐
Nah But I do understand what you're saying I have a shore and a aurum I'm way better on the aurum but to be honest I'm thinking about putting a 12sp on the dh and selling the enduro
DH bikes are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Love it or hate it, enduro is the future 🤙🏽
Its A Big EXPENSE Better to Have a Do All ..... im sure going to the park Isn't a Cheap Day
From your lips to the devils ears! Never say that again!
Can we all admit that the red tues is hot
Regrets decision the first time hitting a nasty rock garden at speeds...
Specialized enduro looked better
Also your old evil bike
Can we all admit that the red tues is hot