What Is A Downhill Mountain Bike? | Full Suspension DH Bikes Explained

You can ride downhill sections of trail on any bicycle, but competitive downhill mountain bike racing requires a very specific bike. In this video, Doddy talks you through everything that makes a full suspension DH Bike the right tool for the job! Is the downhill bike the coolest type of bike on the market?
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[James-dnhu]

The bike that everyone loves and wants but knows they won’t use nearly as much as they should.

[marnk]

downhill bike is the bike that everyone needs, but they probably won't use it if they are uphill nerds. I bought DH bike a month ago as my main bike, and I will never regret it!

[PooeyCheeks]

Ever since I got into bikes as a kid in the early 90’s DH bikes have always been the ultimate in looks, performance and just dam coolness! Every kid in the UK would’ve killed to have an early DH steed like Peaty or Warner.

[markusilomaki]

What "makes them so specialist from everything else in the market" is that you can only ride them with an uplift 😀 which is ok if thats your preference!

[brandonwilliams]

i'm piecing together a nukeproof dissent at the moment, & i'm soooo stoked on getting it finished before the local park opens up! it will be my first time riding one

[socas_nic]

From the recent IFHT video:
JUST SAY IT.
It looooks like aa Seesssioooon xD

[dylan-]

I just installed a downhill Zee brake on my trail bike in the front replacing a basic 2 piston brake. My front wheel is finally fully capable of instantly locking up, like the bike now has the power to stop immediately, I love it.

[elitheguy]

it’s cool that you mentioned the difference in bike setup from a pro VS an amateur. It’s like an F1 car. They are built and designed to function at race pace. Anything slower and they don’t work well.

[RyanAlexanderBloom]

Never owned one. I know I guy who works in Moab in the summer. His “xc” bike in the early 00s was a DH bike with around 200mm travel and was like 40lbs. His “big bike” was somehow bigger and heavier than that. He could ride uphill faster than anyone else I knew at the time on his “xc” bike when the rest of us were on actual xc bikes.

[connorcampbell]

I have a downhill bike, it is a 1999 Saracen team Rush that I built up and put a Sram 1 x 10 drivetrain on, with modern components, I have Michelin and Tioga DH tires from the early 2000's on it that are brand new and no signs of wear that were hung up in my garage

[ciapak]

Finally an educated video about downhill bikes, Many thanks

[connorcampbell]

Do a "what is a slopestyle bike" episode next

[stevenkilleen]

Crazy how much enduro bike have caught up too downhill bikes almost just as good downhill and still fun to pedal and play around on love my mega

[smtkelly]

Had 2 loved them, never again unless I move somewhere suited

[ZJ_Rubicon]

These things are basically the Rock Bouncers (Google it) of the bike world. So cool!

[gabri_galetto]

Could you do this type of video with all the different types of bikes?

[ormondjosh]

I picked up an older (2011 Demo8) DH bike over the winter and have been bringing it back to life. I've always wanted one and now you can pick up decent old ones for reasonable prices. Looking forward to weekend shuttle laps with friends this spring.

[nynomad]

26in for life!!! 2001 Schwinn Straight 8 all day!!!

[danadidas]

I used to have a Kona Stab when I did DH comps. Loved it.

[wolfrikvonschwarzblut]

With my heart I'd buy a DH bike, with my brain I'd buy an enduro bike. I've had an admiration for DH bikes and their all-out no-nonsense character when it comes to speed ever since I read an article about an urban DH race in a metro station. To me, they are the cycling equivalent of Trophy Trucks: speed in the roughest of terrains above all else. Saddly, there are no lift assisted bikeparks in all of my country (as far as I'm concerned) so I really have no use for a DH bike. Maybe one day when my pockets become deep enough to afford having more than one bike.