Would you hit this railway gap on a £2600 enduro bike?

Watch this rider hit the infamous Pemberton Railway gap in Whistler on the £2600 Patrol 691 enduro bike!

Earlier in the year we visited Bali and tested wallet-friendly enduro bikes from Indonesian brand Patrol. Since we left the sunny island, Patrol has been sending bikes around the world, and over some pretty gnarly looking gaps!

Just watch!

The Patrol 691 flying over the Pemberton Railway gap isn’t some hyper-expensive, Rampage ready freeride machine, but a 160mm travel 29er that costs less than £3000.

We actually test rode the Patrol 691, and while we didn’t jump any volcanoes or gap an airport, we did find that it handled bike park life very well.

Perhaps the same Patrol 691 as in the video!

Patrol Mountain is hoping to expand into the UK and Europe over the next year, and when converted from USD the 691 starts at just £2600, not at all bad for a 160mm travel enduro bike with 29in wheels, Fox Suspension and a 1 x 12 Shimano SLX drivetrain.

You can read our first impressions of the bike here, but we hope to get hold of one of these Indonesian flying machines for a full review in the coming months.

Andi Sykes

Andi is a gadget guru and mountain biker who has lived and ridden bikes in China and Spain before settling down in the Peak District to become Singletrack's social media expert. He is definitely more big travel fun than XC sufferer but his bike collection does include some rare hardtails - He's a collector and curator as well as a rider. Theory and practice in perfect balance with his inner chi, or something. As well as living life based on what he last read in a fortune cookie Andi likes nothing better than riding big travel bikes.

Comments (11)

SharkySharky August 30, 2019 at 10:30 am

To be fair, in that scenario, the price tag on the bike would be the least of my concerns.

AmateurDaveAmateurDave August 30, 2019 at 11:13 am

Could’ve left the title as “would you hit this railway gap.”
No, no I wouldn’t.
On any bike.

JayJay August 30, 2019 at 11:48 am

I wouldn’t hit that gap with a tailwind, good thermal and a hanglider.

johnw1984johnw1984 August 30, 2019 at 12:38 pm

Nah, it would have to be worth at least £2700 before I’d attempt it! 🙂

stustu August 30, 2019 at 2:40 pm

nah not on any bike!

zerolightzerolight August 30, 2019 at 5:03 pm

It’s frustrating that videos never show up on iPhone in Safari, needing to open the page in Chrome, still on iPhone, to get it to work. What’s up with that? Never have this issue anywhere but SingletrackWorld.

doomanicdoomanic August 30, 2019 at 6:12 pm

@zerolight it works on Drac’s iPad… 😀

Fahzure FreerideFahzure Freeride August 30, 2019 at 9:29 pm

Yes, I would. Shhh, don’t tell anyone.

dissonancedissonance August 31, 2019 at 9:55 am

I suspect any bike good enough to allow me to jump that feeling safe would cost a tad more than 2.7k. The antigrav/airbags etc cant come cheap.

th15663th15663 September 2, 2019 at 11:26 pm

I’ve done that on my specialized epic comp hard tail

thebrickthebrick September 3, 2019 at 8:54 pm

“When converted from USD”. As of today (03/09/19) £2600 -> $3142.80. In my experience bike prices in USD don’t follow exchange rates so $1000 bike is a £1000 bike. Hence it will probably end up a £3142.80 bike. Plus further drops in the pound it will be closer to £3200!

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