Mountain Bike Comparison: XC vs Enduro vs Trail Bikes Explained 

AGREE 100%

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for very graphic and idiot proof explanation.

There’s more than three types

@@ethanmoehn9376 for instance!???🤔

Downhill bikes for instance

Sell organs 😂

Or sell your body in other ways ;)

Calibre bossnut, that's how.

Go with aluminum frame instead of carbon. Much cheaper.

Looking for bargains on second hand market. I bought on half price a top end unused XC bike. Its hard but luck is always there

I ride pretty crazy stuff with a full rigid mountain bike with a steel frame and 29 inch + tires... tough but doable!!

Mate so true! Just got to compare a new rider in their 30s with a few quid, overthinking and over spending and riding like a drip compared to a new teen rider on whatever was in the shed sending it.

@@Thesomersetgimp overspending is relative to income and riding style is a preference. I used to ride a relatively cheap bmx on dirt much more aggressively when i was a teen, i ride a much more expensive gravel bike nowadays but don't ride it with the same aggressiveness. I had to save up 6 months of my teenage allowance to afford the BMX, i had to save some of my salary for 1.5 months to afford the gravel bike as an adult.

Not if you live in the mountains! If you need a lot of travel and beef, then that's what you should buy.

Cool story.

Yeah somehow it’s not good enough anymore. Same mountains need better bikes. It’s kinda funny

@@RussellCambell, Same mountian, better features?

@@RussellCambell lol mtb trails are nothing like they were back in the day. they were basically slightly rougher dirt roads. i love old school mtb's but they really do hold you back on modern trails.

I’m a simple man fully loaded Santa Cruz with a s1KRR beside it

What bike did you buy

Elie Haers 2019, Scott Scale 980. It’s a fine ride. I just don’t think it’s as aggressive as I’d like. Although I haven’t been in the bike scene in a good while, I grew up racing motorcross, I raced expert and super class BMX in the 90’s (NBL and ABA), I road raced motorcycles... essentially what I bought is probably not exactly what I needed and anticipated. I need something that can take some hits and jumps a tad better. The steering angle is somewhat steep on my bike and I prefer something slightly more slack. I wish I would have done a tad more research prior to buying.

@@xcrow0 Yeah maybe not the best option for what you're looking to do. The Scale is a fine XC hardtail but it can get overwhelmed. A Commencal Meta, Kona Honzo or Specialized Fuze may have been better suited to you. May as well enjoy the speed of the scale and get something a bit slacker and longer travel down the road.

I was in BMX and MX as well back then...plus 4x background...so what i did was made my GT chukker all mountain bike...its like a bike made between my preferred riding style... Since you have MX background...build a bike that feels like an MX bike...or a bike that will suit the trail your riding... Have fun....yeeeeew 🤘😂

Lol

Seems to me trail bikes are a bit of a joke. I can understand the difference between xc and downhill, but xc, trail and maybe enduro all seem to mush into one.

@@RoScFan They all look the same to me.

yup, that tracking is very well done

Thanks for this, glad that you liked it

Petr38 you rich?

@@IneedMoneyDK well my incomes are above average. Here in eastern Europe we are also not that fucked up with high rents and services but it is getting worse by time…..

Glad you liked it!!

Great to read this! Thanks

Thanks for your feedback and we are glad it helped you :)

damnnn ... they got me too 🙃

And the main reason why some xc racers choose a hardtail, is mainly the weight, not only the stifness. And also full suspension XC are not only for amateurs, nowadays we can see more pros with fullys than with hardtails.

Modern xc is about as non-technical as it gets, second to riding fireroads.

He very clearly stated that they can all go outside of their classification. Good job.

@@GoatyHerps I never said it didnt go out of its classification. I was referring to the average xc course, one that falls inside the normal classifications of xc.

@@graysonadams2485 - I was responding to original post.

Glad it helped!

@Arianit Krasniqi thanks I agree. I have a road bike for fitness but might get an affordable 300-500£ bike for moving around and doing trails even if its once a month.

@Arianit Krasniqi lolzzz. Same here. Am same age and I honestly would do just light trail riding nothing epic or big. What am really focused on is working on my fitness and then looking at starting trail riding next year.

@Shadowman84FS for real, like 28 would be too old for this stuff 😂 they just search for excuses doing lame stuff only