Could A Downhill Bike Be Your Only Mountain Bike? | Downhill To Enduro Modifications

Modern Enduro bikes are often touted as being just a capable as a downhill bike. Evolving from the humble trail bike with more travel and slacker head angles, until it resembles a pedalable downhill bike. But what if this evolution had come from the other direction? A taming down rather than a beefing up. To find out, Henry slapped a dropper and wide range cassette to a Nukeproof Dissent, and embarked on a series of challenges.

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[insanepolarbear]

Its a shame Henry is no longer on the channel. He's so great infront of the camera.

[JJM]

DH bikes are definitely the best looking MTB’s!

[hollownexus]

Henry sounds like a English teacher/poet

[oryan]

Yoooo I’m such a massive fan. Thank you for getting me into mtb, it is now my favourite sport/hobby, and it was all due to your videos. Thank you 🙏

[erich]

There's a recent video of Wyn Masters riding an unmodified downhill bike up a famous Alpine climb, passing road bikers as he does it. Having watched Henry's video, I'm even more impressed now.

[rajasapte]

I love Henry's style of presenting... If anyone knows what I mean, he has a similar style to James May, in a good way.

[corycox]

I ride my Enduro-fied DH 90% of the time, and I almost never find myself wishing for anything else. It’s just so incredibly good to ride that the minor drawbacks don’t even cross my mind. And I enjoy all the surprised and confused faces I see on the trails lol.

[LukasEkers]

I setup my freeride bike like this. Did absolutely everything with it and had no regrets.

[fourutubez]

I must admit, I'm going to miss Henry on the channel. Good luck in your new life.

[sumikomei]

Funnily enough this is actually exactly something I've been wanting to do for a long time now. Just a shame I don't have the money yet lol

[stianjarnass]

This is so fantastic, I really would love a DH bike with dropper and light gears 👏👏🔥

[mattleonard]

Around 2011, I had a 120mm trailbike and put a 170mm dual crown downhill fork on it with 680mm bars, short stem, 203mm brake rotors, coil shock, and more enduro/downhill tires and it was awesome. I rode it almost daily on a wide variety of trails and it was always good. Here’s to enduro!

[jasunsmith]

Swap the cassette, stiffen up suspension to 10% sag, add a MRP ramp control, 165mm cranks, swap the fork for a single crown of the same travel. This is what I do to DH bikes in flat Florida. When I go to real mountains I dial the stiffness and rebound back a bit.

[stuntsesquire]

Henry certainly had a way with words. Mans was born to be a presenter. I hope he finds what he's looking for going off the grid with his S/O.

[pratamaariestya]

My only one bike is Giant Glory 2009 with fox40 and marzoochi rocco air shox, it's 26 inch wheel, now I try to change the wheel into 27.5 and surprisingly its fit on my bike 😄, there's a local trail in my place and the track is more enduro than downhill, but I still having fun with my bike. Remember "your bike is the best in the world, just ride it"

[garysdragon]

"Love Island 6: Return of the VD" had my in stitches.

[vieuxacadian]

Having been in the sport since the 1970's !!!! My older bones, joints and injury arthritis screams for the mellow trails and super plush long travel of a converted DH rig .

[Terapeutrik]

"if that had an air shock (...) with a ZEB (...)"
Dude that's what an enduro bike is thought to be ! 😅

[burkeballistics]

I set up my 2013 GT Fury 2.0 very similar. 14-53T cassette with a 36T up front. No dropper post but I will definitely think about one in the future. I'm a heavy rider (260#/117kg) so I swapped in a 600# rear spring, and the yellow heavy springs in the Boxxer forks. I also went with the largest rotors I could find 209mm. The bike does everything I ask it to. I love it. It weighs 38#/17kg. I don't even notice.

[harryfindlay]

I literally ride a downduro
Trek session 8 2014 with 180 travel front and rear, 150mm dropper and an endure drivetrain
It’s the Ultimate bike for every situation