Hi People

Looking at doing some enduro riding next year. I know loads of people on here do it, so could you please remcemmend me what bike i should be looking at?

Many thanks

Nukeproof Mega

13 carbon Enduro by a mile.

If there are climbing timed sections, something that you can climb on as you’ll gain far more time than you’ll lose on the descent.

Every 160mm full sus bike with 1×10, chain guide, wide bars and a short stem.

S Works Enduro

The yt with full bos setup would be my choice (decent only!)

Spesh Enduro (clue’s in the name!)

Care to define “best”?

If there are climbing timed sections, something that you can climb on as you’ll gain far more time than you’ll lose on the descent.

The whole point of Enduro racing is that you get timed ONLY on the descent.. however there is a time limit in the transition stage to get to the start of the next descent…generally you can ride this at a steady pace so your bike needs to be light enough to pedal but set up for the descending.

I ride a np mega for guiding, racing etc.. and the long wheeelbase and slack angles means its a mini DH bike…the steep seat tube though pushes your weight forward for efficient climbing…. The perfect enduro bike and the pro model is amazing VFM and there is NOTHING you need to change.

apart from the shock 😉

Orange 5….. it Will out descend anything else and it climbes well too. 😆

apart from the shock

you got me there….but the 2013 version has the monarch plus which is quite a bit better

The whole point of Enduro racing is that you get timed ONLY on the descent..

but it is also very common for stages to have flat and/or up sections in the middle of them.

NP Mega is too much of a mini-DH bike to be the perfect Enduro bike imo.

I have only raced the italain and french enduros, so I guess are a little different to thee uk trail centre based ones..

a team i know who use ibis mojos use angle sets, offset bushes and all sorts to get their bikes to descend better

Have you rode a Mega Legend? They climb surprisingly well

Orange 5….. it Will out descend anything else and it climbes well too.

Someone drunk already ?!?! 🙄

Someone drunk already ?!?!

Maybe a tad 🙂 however, they dont half get a shift on (with the right pilot ofcourse) 8)

Since you’re asking STW you might as well get an Orange 5 right now.

650b. Right? 😉

I’m getting a norco range 2013 with is 650b to race a couple of gravity enduros next year. Anything with 150-160 travel should be ok. The only way to find what you like is to ride a few no 2 people are shaped the same and no 2 people ride the same so what someone else like you might not.

the specialised polished pitch with kashima float rear shock, dual position lyrics and crossmax wheels that I am selling 😀

Can I throw in: 2013 lapierre spicy 516?

Epic bike!

Orange 5….. it Will out descend anything else and it climbes well too.

Last time I tested, my Raleigh Activator 2 out decended my Five.

5 Spot – that’s what I’ll be racing……

Not best bike for it by the sounds if it but im going to be trying some on my trance with 130 up front

Orange 5….. it Will out descend anything else and it climbes well too.

How many single pivot bikes do you see in the top 10 in pro DH..

Tell me do you see Orange there?

mrlebowski – Member

Orange 5….. it Will out descend anything else and it climbes well too.

How many single pivot bikes do you see in the top 10 in pro DH..

Tell me do you see Orange there?

Because its all about the bike. 🙄

Piece of string…
how long?

Because its all about the bike

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Yer half right…the rider obviously has massive input.. 🙄

But my point still stands – any single pivot bikes in the top 10?……

More importantly, how many were in the major Enduro top tens? Including single-pivots with a linkage driving the shock

But my point still stands – any single pivot bikes in the top 10?……

I bet single pivots have won more races than any other design. Think of all Peats wins on the Orange, Gee’s on the Commencal and the Trek and Honda wins. Well it’d be close anyway.

Heckler blur ltc or trc nomad c zesty spicey enduro stunpjumper mega slayer fritzz hanz stereo sting……

It’s a long list 130-170mm bikes really that pedal well but can take the hits. The better you are the lighter you can go. Rider still more important though.

S-Works Enduro, 66 HA/75 SA, 165mm, 26.5lbs.

Don’t think you can find that anywhere else? Get saving…

Number aren’t everything about a bike 😛

Yeah it’s all about the “feel” 🙂

Loco will sort out the Mega’s shock for your weight/preference for £40 ish.

Surely there’s a few enduro & dh wins from the DoH – they’ll all on orange 5/patriots……. I think

Surely there’s a few enduro & dh wins from the DoH – they’ll all on orange 5/patriots……. I think

I think thats mainly talent 🙂 not that many wins i think though, a quick scan through some GE’s from 2012 shows Ibis (CCA) Cannondale (Clemantz) and a few others. However CCA was on a Lapiere the year before and still beating nearly everyone.

But my point still stands – any single pivot bikes in the top 10?……

Meta 6 did pretty well with Absalon on top.
And the new meta range too…

Affy on the GT came third in the mega….

DrP