- [Scott] What a day it is to go for a bike ride,
and we are going to one of my favourite spots today.
And I'm in the fortunate position
that I don't actually know which bike to take with me.
Is it gonna be the downhill bike?
It's fast, it's capable, it's built for speed,
and it's got aggressive geometry.
There's some big jumps, fast turns
where that could really excel.
Or is it gonna be the enduro bike?,
It's nimble, it's lightweight, it's so capable,
and I think in that pedally section
that is what could really take the win.
My vote has got to be on the enduro bike.
- Who are you talking to, Scott?
- I was having a bit of a debate.
- Right.
- We're going riding today
and I can't decide which bike I'm gonna take.
- Downhill bike, no brainer.
- No, dude, it's got to be the enduro bike.
- Downhill bike. - Okay, make a deal with you.
I'm gonna put them to the test,
and the loser has got to jump in the pool.
- All right, okay.
Well, I win.
(upbeat music)
- Before we get into the racing
and having had a look already at
the obvious comparisons of the bike,
the suspension, geometry, and frame build,
it's the less obvious ones that really separate the two.
The enduro bike has a wider range of gears
and an on the fly adjustable seat post
as opposed to the fixed position of the downhill bike.
And to keep this test completely fair,
nothing is allowed to be changed
and everything must remain as you see it now.
The premise of this test is really to find out
whether the enduro bike or the downhill bike
can win on a test track here in Malaga.
Now, the track itself has got a lot of different sections.
It was made up of fast, long straights into hard berms,
there's G-Outs, there's big jumps,
then towards the bottom it flattens off a little bit.
And to make it a bit easier for you guys
to actually see comparable differences
we're gonna set up some splits
so you can actually see if one bike
handles one section or the other.
Plus we're gonna time it,
and for my sake I've gotta say I hope the enduro bike wins.
(upbeat music)
I hope that Blake is going in the pool
because that felt fast.
Okay, so that was a pretty good test track.
The downhill bike time was 2:15,
the enduro bike was 2:08.
I'm gonna meet Blake at the pool now
and give him the results.
- Tell me the downhill bike won.
- Unfortunately it didn't, it was seven seconds slower.
So that means it's time for a little dip.
- But the clocks might have been wrong.
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