12 Trail & Downcountry Bikes vs. The Impossible Climb | 2021 Fall Field Test

Omg, so lame...slippery trail and guys test bikes with so DIFFERENT tires

What is meant by “most aggressive of the down country geometries” - in reference to the Rocky Mountain bike?

Nice video. Trait with YT IZZO please

Santa Cruz really bad as always

The Transition Spur is missing in alot of these comparos

The first video I ever watched where you mention Pemberton I was like what Pemberton? Because I'm near Pemberton Australia and it's the same type of land all Forrest. Thought you were in Aus

Everytime you say "Downcountry" a kitten dies. YOU RUTHLESS MURDERERS!

I'd bust my ass 7 times on 1 run thru that. :) Wet roots eat my lunch. Well done, Matt!

Great stuff guys!

How about listing actual bike weights and tire pressure for true objectivity?

The first couple bikes get a bad rep he’s obviously better as it goes

Basically, nothing was learned from this exercise.

Matt commented a lot on length of the bikes. Where’s the info on size of bikes?

double front chainrings make a big difference ! Try that climb with a Y2K era bike .

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Thank you for all this Fall field test videos, very interesting ! Apart from this special impossible climb, do you plan to do a complete comparison of one good trail bike vs one good downcountry ? We see that some trail bikes are climbing well, some DC have good capabilities in the downhill, and it's not always easy for us (or at least me :-D ) to "feel" the difference between 2 good bikes of these 2 categories. For instance, if we take a good climber trail bike, is it close to a DC in the climbs, or still far away ? Same question on flats & downhill sections. Thank you for all your work !

Such a shame the Starling was built up with an 11spd, I guess I supply issues forced it

So, Impossible Climb take away - if you want maximum grip and ride slippery, wet conditions, don't get the Schwalbe, stick to the Maxxis ;-)

it's either the impossible climbs becoming to easy or the bike becoming that good. I remember the good old times when everyone went crazy if one bike made it to the top...
Good Job

This is a better way to check on all makes of bikes
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Also nice uphill-skills by the testdriver :-)

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What a great rider!!! Congrats, Matt! Really good riding technique! Impressive See you climb with the raaw and Propain, good Job!

I think also (besides it not really being as much about the bikes, but more about the rider), the earlier bikes on test got an unfair shake since he was learning the course better each go round.

More like The Possible Climb*, amirite? * if Matt Beer

Matt is a wizard

Y'know, the camera op is almost as impressive as the bikes

Superb riding. Excellent camera work. Thanks.

Yes love this!! And it looks like you are struggling to climb 🤣🤣

I wonder how these bike companies feel about this test affecting their sales

I think he could make it on the Trance if he tried one more time with no live valve !!

Beer nailing it!

Use some clip-less pedals to climb

Matt looks like Riley from Midnight Mass 😂

It's all about Skill, picking the right trail, Strength and power and proper set up of your bike. ITS NOT ABOUT JUST A BIKE.

i love how the trail bike crushed the XC bikes🤣

Nice music and camerawork. Missed the flying beer cans.

You can tell once he got it, he got it

So, the improbable climb, then?

Was it really the bike geometry or more of familiarity of the course over time?

Climbing skill …. Matt > Levy

Evil, Evil Mike!

Why didn't the Privateer 141 get into this line-up, was it because you knew it would annihilate the rest? 🤣

Maybe a good test would be to do this in stock form & then have all the bikes running the same tire(& wheelset?) to to take that variable out.

That looks like the top of Galby.....

get this guy an emtb and see what he can do

Bloody rapha product placement all over pinkbike videos lately 🤢 .... rapha isn't cool , endorse a legit mtb brand like 7 mesh or Nf