Can A Trail Bike Really Do It All? | Blake Races XC + Enduro + DH On One Bike

As Mountain Bikers, we're always on the hunt to find the 'ultimate' bike, but with so many genres out there ranging from XC & Enduro racing to DH and Slopestyle, can one bike really do it all? Blake Samson is at the Sea Otter Classics festival to test this one bike theory out by making only a few small bike adjustments from tyre choice suspension setup & handlebar height to see whether or not one bike can truly do it all!

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[NGabe]

14th/101 place in Enduro, category 1st in DH, 31st/63 in XC!?!? Are you kidding? Can a trail bike really do it all? Why not with some compromise! But it definitely requires a rider who can do it all too! Well done "you beautiful" Blakey! :) Thanks GMBN!

[herrbertunddieballerburger]

I celebrate these videos. Blake is a machine.

[oboutdoors]

One bike quiver is how a lot of us roll, so I love seeing stuff like this!

[jonfritter]

Blake, every time I hear you start of a video with "all you beautiful people", it just puts a smile on my face! This was by far one of my favorite videos. The cinematography was amazing and Blake you continue to blow my mind with what you can do. Love everything you all do at GMBN and keep the good times rollin!

[drmoynihan]

Thank you Blake for sharing your crazy self.
You could do this well or better on any bike.
It's not the bike - it's the rider, and the rider is Blake Samson!!! :)

[burner]

As a Kona rider... I absolutely love this video!! Hell of a bike

[ansmfella]

Kona Process aside, gotta say there's few as all round inspiring to me than Blake!!! 😎 🙌🏆 Winning Attitude, Winning Skillset, Winning personality, Winning presentation, and a fair runner up in good looks. 😉

[deanohit]

I love these videos, the multi-discipline racing is always a refreshing watch for those of us who only have one 'nice' bike.
Plus Blake is always pure class 👍

[Rhn..js]

I do everything on my 140mm bike 🥰 downhill, jumps, enduro races. Such a jib machine that can take the rough stuff

[lzyturtle]

Awesome video! But gotta say that DH track was more like a flow trail with some jumps. No rocky, rooty sections. Hats off tho Blake, what an exhausting day!

[whitebear]

Blakie boy is a beast, would be interesting to know elevation on the 40km just to compare it to our local races

[Seppster]

Well done Blake and the GMBN crew. Just shows how a great rider like Blake can cover all classes with just one bike.

[tormstorm]

"My mouth is so Dry" as a Californian, I feel that in my soul. Love watching this guy ride a bit closer to home!

[wheechie]

As owner of an aluminium 134 DL, this was great to see. Blake could probably get those same results riding a balance bike but still it was inspiring for this Kona fan

[rosthouse]

Switched from a XC bike to a Trail bike this season (Giant Trance X2). Never question if it can do something, bike handles everything I throw at it 😄 Love the trail bikes

[bensleeper]

Great racing with you Blake! We were in the same group for 40k and I finished 34th. Would asked for a selfie if I knew haha.

[ocbyn]

Loved it. But give us more info on the setting changes. Your weight, changes in suspension, tyres and tyre pressures.. all the stats. Very impressive. Please do more at different places. Would be good to see the same content at more technical downhill/enduro.

[ian]

Hey Blake, pleasure watching you and Joey film that day. Looks like Santa Cruz showed you a good time. You're the same in person as you are in your videos. Nothing but positive energy.

[petesahad]

I'm pretty convinced by one bike for everything as well. I went from one trail, one enduro/freeride, one dh bike down to a spectral mullet. For shuttles and park i leave the coil shock in, for climby and touring stuff i switch to an airshock and play with suspension and tire pressure and bar hight like blake. Less maintenance, less space, less costs👌

[samleary]

I thought Blake had already proven that a hardtail was all anyone needed? As always, awesome video. Always impressed by how well rounded Blake is