Trail Bike Vs. Enduro Bike | Is More Suspension Travel Better?

Do you prefer a trail bike or an enduro bike?

How much travel (front & rear) does that trail bike have in your test drive video?

I hate this question, the implication that travel is the only change between categories is super unhelpful to beginner riders trying to make informed decisions on a bike purchase. Geo always trumps travel, and there are a ton of bikes that prove this, something like the occam for example, still great on pedally single track, has lots of travel, but can get in over its head pretty easy (to use the last gen bikes as am example). Where as the universally loved ibis ripmo af is trash on xc trail, too heavy, too long, but a solid all mountain option that can even push into the bike park a bit.

I’m over biked

The newest enduro bikes 29/29 pedals really well and forks with 38 chassis they just save yours hands in longer DH

In conclusion: buy 2 bikes

No, but you are over tached and your arm movements are over exaggerated

Wrong instantly..my brand new trail bike is 650b... and gone trail from enduro I prefer longer day pedàlling and my pivot is just an amazingly capable machine.

WTF? SID is now a trail bike fork? Rockshox has completely lost their way.

i really only care that i am biked

Ride whatever you want.

This is the best demonstration of the differences between the two I’ve seen. Trail bike for me I’m rarely on the gnarly stuff.

i used to have both. love short travel fully's, but as i age and feel the creaks in the joints more, the enduro bike is just more comfortable for the fun stuff and the bikes climb so good these days, it's not as much of a trade off as it used to be. more suspension is also more forgiving, no matter the speed you're going.

I'm riding a LT trailbike (Occam LT) with heavier tires. Really like that for a lot of riding. Usually looking for slow riding uphill and faster/steeper downhill. I'm not super skilled or fast though, probably mediocre at best.

For XC kind of rides I'll take my 120mm fully. Which is also fun on less technical, but longer trail rides. If conditions require I'll just grab the trailbikes frontwheel with burly tire. Makes the 120mm XC bike awesome in handeling, steering and braking on steeper and wetter stuff.

If i wanna ride 180mm 29er full face body armour on my local xc runs then i bloody well will

me looking at my rockrider st540v2 budget hardtail "am i overbiked ?" well actually i am because i am a huge puss and mainly ride road and gravel because of that lmao. i want to get started with "actual" mountainbiking. i am going to the skatepark soon (it has some little dirt jumps too) to try to get over the fear of my wheels leaving the ground and steeper sections. but i dont think i am ever going beyond cross country levels of "gnarly" not because i dont think i am able to conquer my fears one day, but because i am more of an "long epic rides" "climbs" and "huge adventures" guy and not so much of an "adrenaline Downhiller" "big jump" "trickster" guy.

32 pounds for an enduro bike? you would be hard pressed to find a modern enduro bike that only weighs 32 pounds, unless you're spending more on it than you would on a brand new motorbike, a lot of modern bikes are getting porky, for example a reasonably high end trek slash 9.8 gen 6 weighs about 35 pounds with pedals.

I went from a 150 rear 160 front enduro bike to a 120 rear 130 front trail bike, and I have much more fun on the short travel trail bike, even in bike parks, in fact I'll never go back to a big travel bike again.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau

Nope I Live And Ride Vancouver/ Whistler Have 2 CF Bikes 170/160 Enduro 200/200 DH Both Fully Coiled

I feel good on my 130mm hardtail with 67.5 head tube angle. My trails are mostly all XC with long climbs and very little steep sections.

150 and 153 rear travel on my 2 favorite bikes is the sweet spot for me. I go for an extra inch just in case and it has come to be helpful... 👍🏼

Translation, anyone who actually needs the information in this video should get a trail bike :-)

THIS IS ISSUED 1000 TIMES. MAKE SOMETHING NEW AND RESPECT THE MENTALITY OF YOUR VEWERS

140mm lightweight trail bike is where it's at. (specially lighter tires and wheels)

Both

The answer here is to have both. 😁 I absolutely love my Enduro rig for 85% of the riding I do, but I do sometimes like to ride flatter and less demanding terrain, where it can still absolutely have a good time, but a shorter travel and more responsive trail bike is a better tool for that job. On those trails, I liken the Enduro to using a mallet to hammer small finish nails. Sure it can do it, but is a bit cumbersome and takes more effort. I actually just ordered a hardtail just for those 15% of trails, to hopefully unlock a different level of fun.

Neither - a XC bike with 120mm of suspension.......

It became clearer to me why I feel like my massive 180mm mullet Enduro feels like the perfekt do-it-all bike to me. We have almost no smooth parts on any of our trails. And lots of real rough technical climbs to match. A Trailbike just wouldn't be as much fun in our mountains.

It's easiest to buy travel than guts and tech.

Damn straight I am and happy that I am.

I ride a XC bike with 120mm travel front and rear. It's light, climbs well and handles all the terrain that I'm prepared to ride.

total excellent - see you later~

I would pick a trail bike every time. A Enduro bike would be overkill in most situations.

Being underbiked is a ton of fun and makes for good skills training. Being overbiked is just bland.

EDIT: when you already feel comfortable on the trail riding your appropriate bike.

The amount of people you see riding 160mm+ enduro E bikes, with a full face and body armour on an 'XC loop' in the Peak District is hilarious. I suppose what is extreme to one person is a cross country ride to another.