FWIW I’ve a 2004 Enduro as my main full suss bike. It’s been upgraded to the point where the only original component is the frame itself, but it just seems to get better and better over the years as I bolt newer kit to it.

I’ve also got an ’09 Wolf Ridge, itself massively upgraded and an Orange Pure 7 hardtail too, just to put it in context.

It’s worth checking out Bikescene, they’re doing some offers on Spesh frames right now and I’d go so far as to suggest that a Stumpy Evo is probably a worthy sucessor. You’d probably need to budget for a tapered fork too, but everything else could carry over, with the possible exception of the cranks.

If my Enduro dies tomorrow, a Stumpy Evo would be my first choice.

I have nowt useful to put towards this thread but can we turn it into an enduro picture tread.?

^^^ That’s a beast.!

Been thinking similar thoughts, especially after riding a mates (dare I say it on here?) Orange 5.

But still get great fun from this

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Go on then!

Swapped for this-

(the big white one, obv..)

Ooh! There’s some lovely pics in this thread – I don’t have a picassa or whatever so I cannot share mine. So I’ll list the spec instead: 😀

2004 Spesh Enduro Frame with PUSHed Float
2010 Rockshox Revelation with 20mm Maxle
ProII hubs with DT Swiss spokes and Mavic 717s
Thompson stem and post
Spesh Phenom Expert saddle
Easton Haven bars
2010 XT cranks, shifters, cassette and mechs
Hope X2 calipers on 2008 Mono levers

The whole shebang comes in at circa 27lb. I may well commute on it tomorrow after reading this thread…

OP Stumpjumper Evo by the sounds of it?

Yeah, I got a Wicked 150 last year, was umming & ahhing over getting a Zesty for a while but didn’t have the budget for anything other than the most basic spec. Saw a few good write ups on YT and decided to take the risk. Glad I did, quality on the YT is as good as anything else out there and it rides great. Heard similarly good stories about Canyon bikes too (another German direct buy brand).

I agree with pjm1974, when my enduro dies I’m going for a stumpjumper, seems the equivalent of my current ride.

But then Rob Hilton makes a good point. The 2005 frame is ace. Mines been rebuilt with 2011/2012 parts and is epic. 🙂

I replaced my 03 s-works enduro with a Canyon AM6 (with a few upgrades) last year and I’ve been very happy with it. It’s better both up and downhill but my enduro was pretty tired by the end. Saying that a couple of years earlier I’d tested various Treks, Commencals and Marins and the only one that I though was a much better all round bike was a Trek ex 9.9.

Stumpjumper or Ghost AMR Plus.