Hi Charles, very interesting comparison! Could you please share your SJ Evo setup? Settings of all flip chips in the frame, suspension, wheels, etc.... Maybe a little bike check? Thanks!
you are absolutely flying on the stumpy, I have the same bike, stumpjumper evo, no where near as fast as you, and don't mind one bit since I'm still recovering from a shattered clavicle.. stay safe
My thoughts after quite a bit of riding on enduro is stumpyevo will be faster on tight tracks with tight steep dropping corners and enduro will be faster on open flat out and flowing tracks. I think you will be choosing bike to ride depending on what the tracks are like each round
You should try the Stumpy with the Cascade link and a coil shock! Also up the front travel to 170mm and I think you'll keep the same feel but way less bumpy. I had a Stumpy Evo set up this way(with headseat in neutral pos and short chainstay )and was by far the most traction and awesome cornering feeling bike I've owned!
@@miles_bell when putting coils on bikes with that or similar suspension layouts you have to check with the manufacturers if the coil is compatible with that layout. This is due to the fsr layout on the stumpy putting high amounts of stress on the shock and as coils have a smaller stanchion diameter some of them cannot handle that stress. Fox coils for example do not work but rockshox do. Just check with the manufacturer and inform yourself before doing similar modifications
@@MarioXcore1 He literally is testing which bike he is going to race on for the world cup son, so he could have the best of both worlds. Stumpy Evo with the mentioned setting is still very playful too.
Love the vid! If you do end up going with the stumpy, feel free to pass the Enduro on to me and I'll do my own head-to-head testing and then let you know how it compares
Interesting, wonder what throwing the S3 back into the mix would look like with these conditions compared with the drier conditions on the S3 vs. S4 video?
Not sure about weight difference actually, I’ll have to weigh them and see. Didn’t notice too much about the acceleration mostly the ability to get around tight stuff without braking as much
The EVO was faster on this track simply bc of that relatively flat wooded section. I could see it was much more difficult to bend the Enduro through the tight corners and switchbacks. Maybe in dry conditions it could keep up. Great job. Cheers.
Had a fella who was ridding for Specialized like you and he compared Demo vs Enduro vs Stumpjumper but in a very natural and steep trails. He found the Demo was faster overall bike in that terrain,followed by the Enduro and last the Stumpy. So it depends on the terrain you like to ride,I think for chunky stuff,natural terrain in Europe I would take the Enduro all day long. But for some mellow terrain the Stumpy would be faster. ¿are both bikes running the same tires?
