Trail Vs Enduro Bikes Explained | What's The Difference?

I don't know if I speak Doddy, or Doddy speaks me, but I always understand him. Just makes sense.

He is just the best presenter when it comes to explaining specs.
All your presenters are great , and it needs a team , and no presenter can do it all.

They gotta update those specs cause the Fuel EX gen 6 is 34 -35 lbs and goes uphill better than other trail bikes, and its considered a trail bike and not an enduro bike.

I'm looking to get a new bike. Currently I've got a Norco charger which is now about 7/8 years old. I use it to get to work and back everyday and on days off then use it for 20k rides on a multiple of terrains. Looking for maybe a full suspension but have read for what type of riding I do I should stick with a hardtail. Any suggestions with a budget of about 1500 quid.

I bought a Trail bike then a Enduro 😎 I ride my Enduro Daily

What is weight?

Currently all you need to do to make your trail bike full fledged enduro is getting tougher tyres

Haven't bought a new bike for 15 years. Tech moves so fast. This has helped a lot. Thanks.

What happened with the "all mountain" bikes ?

My 130 front and rear travel YT izzo is perfect for where I live, can go lose at the local weeknight xc races and then turn around and crash on the flow jump trails at the bike park on the weekends

Travel is not everything. I would rather have a top notch 140mm suspension fork then a shitty 160mm fork.

Thanks for making this video, it answered my questions. Back in my days there is only XC, AM, FR, DH, so yeah, the new names makes me confused

What a mind-bender! I guess North Shore Betty uses an Enduro configuration.... ? wouldn't know, myself.

This is a very useful video to help me get up-to-speed with where mtbs have gone in the last 15 years.

Now do trail and downcountry

Well, I ride a BMC Supertrail01 since 2009 with 150mm in the front and 150 in the rear.
It’s a 11.2 kg and was sold as a all mountain/enduro.
Guess it’s more a trail bike with loads of travel.
As a matter of fact, I do run a rock shox revelation u-turn, to switch between 125-150mm travel.
If I lock the rear damper then I get a steeper angle, it’s almost like an XC bike.
So, lock damper, lower fork and lock it’d XC to the top, get some great food, go back to 150mm travel and unlock the damper.
Then, give it the beans!

I love how capable my bike is, and how we grew up over the years.
Don’t care about labels, it just runs :)

Very informative and to the point, I like that!!

What about Forbidden's Druid? 130 back and 150 front, 65.5 head angle, 15 kg, high pivot, some even put coil shock on it... Some great riders even do Enduro races on it... Wut do you guys think about that bike?

I use my Orbea Occam as a trail/enduro and it handles it beautifully

I wanted more travel, so I got my self an Enduro bike from Vitus 💙👌👌

i still ride 2013 stumpy evo comp 29 with 130mm and a HA of 69? - annually i blow past people on 'enduro' rigs @ the mega and weekly at trail centres i do the same - my spec is standard that came with the bike wen i bought it new - formula c1, spesh butcher tyres etc - i weigh 15st 10 - stop buying mad bikes because they will not make you faster - learn to ride instead

who on earth designed that orbea? that is one of the ugliest things i have seen since i managed to get my ladies grandma in bed after a few stellas

Thank you for this episode!!! As I contemplate bigger mountain adventures, I was really confused as to which bike to get next!! This was fabulous!

minimum of a 35mm stanchion on an enduro bike. the lyrik is adequate for my 170mm rocky mountain slayer

Where does the new spectral 27.5 go?

When i changed froma a CX to a Enduro Bike the first thing i noticed was the handling; is way different. Like the bike tends to lean to the sides.

The average riders would not notice or care in most cases they buy eye candy and get on and enjoy

I am a lighter weight rider although I do like some drops and such. I found the perfect combo is an enduro frame with the fox 36 170mm and a nice smooth DPx2 providing 160mm. I highly recommend everyone looking into their needs before buying a 190 mm zeb or a DHX

I'm a Down-Country rider. 👍😎

The difference is basically travel, components, geometry, uses, etc.

Is a sentinel v1 a trail bike now? it only has 140mm rear travel, yet when it came out it was classed as an enduro bike?

Mr. Doddy, What did you really think of that Mondraker Raze you tested recently? I am about to buy one blind and could use some feedback. Very hard to find any real riding info about Mondrakers.

So what this excellent video did, mostly, was reinforce my choice to go from an Enduro rig to my Commencal Meta TR. It's really closer to the enduro bike than to the trail bike according to many the comparisons in this video, but it carries many of the benefits of the trail bike.
It's got mostly an enduro geometry but it's light, agile, and has the anti-squat of a trail bike.
Best choice I've made in a while.

Thanks for the comparison, Doddy!

Very comprehensive video, lot of info and clear comparisons for each tech category.

Any new content coming soon, or just regurgitating videos? Just use the old ones on the same subject, save your time.

Hello gmbn! Should I make my 27.5+ hardtail treck into a mullet? Will it ruin the geometry or just make it a shred machine?!

Doddy, please suggest a good 29x2.6 front tyre that is capable of commuting daily (Hardtail) and some off riding, I have already rekon 29x2.6 for the rear.

I’ve always been curious about the differences. Thanks

But is a downhill racer faster on a pony than a xcracer? What are slower flipflops or sandals? Pros and cons? I need answers!

So for the vast number of us...still no difference, other than what your wallet can handle.

Are you guys just doing laps on a list of 20 mtb topics?

Super interesting. I was considering an xc for my next bike, but after watching this I think for my style of riding the trail would be better, just that little bit more robust. I'm always curious about the bike differences.

So a cross country bike is not suitable for trail or enduro riding. So if you have a cross country bike you should not ride on trails. Personally I ride what you would classify as Cross country and I ride it everywhere as a general purpose bike. I find looking at the mass of bikes on sale 2022 most are not suitable for general purpose riding and have fallen into different black holes of downhill, All mountain, trail and tour. I just tested a bike meant for general purpose and it was designed including aspects of all the other disciplines and as such was not suitable for it's intended purpose.

What i took from this video was mainly a couple of your good analogies.
Trail is more efficiency and agility enduro is more capability and stability.
Thinking along them lines also id say enduro is more for grip and trail more for pop? What do you think?

That Orbea looks like a Canondale from 2009

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AWESOMELY USEFUL THAT DODDY

Wheels and tires transform bikes. You can put soft downhill tires, inserts and heavy duty wheels on a 150mm rig and bomb down almost anything.
Or you get some light carbon wheels and lightweight, fast rolling tires and take part on an XC or MTB marathon race.
Nothing makes more of a difference on a bike.