Top 5 Upgrades To Make Your Enduro Bike More Capable

We ask a lot from our Enduro mountain bikes, strong enough to ride the toughest terrain while being efficient enough to be pedalled all day long! With that in mind here are Neil Donoghue's top 5 upgrades for your Enduro MTB. From tyre upgrades to adding grip to hand guards for protecting your hands/levers, this list contains upgrades to get you riding faster and enjoying those longer days in the saddle.

⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Tyres
01:23 - Wheel Size
03:24 - Big Disc Rotors
04:30 - Tools & Storage
07:27 - OChain
08:26 - Contact Points
10:06 - Handguards

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What do you think of handguards on mountain bikes? Did we miss anything in our list? Let us know in the comment section! 👇

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[metalwheelz]

Coming from a dirt bike racing background (enduro and hare scramble), we all wear hydration packs. A simple fluid only backpack style pack typically carries at least 70 oz. So even the guys that find the space for two bottle cages end up with less water. After wearing a hydration pack for a few days, you no longer notice that it is there. You can also get 90 deg angle mouth bits so that if you want, you can hang the bit in your mouth and drink all you need to while you ride (of course having the bit in your mouth will take some getting used to). Our dirt bike races are also 2 hours plus long for a hare scramble and 4 hours plus for an enduro, so having the greater on-board capacity is a must.
Likewise with hand guards, most all of us have them, and usually full wrap. But many hare scramble courses are much tighter than any mountain bike trail that I've been on so far.

[bluecowairsoft]

I make my own mtb handguards, mainly just to protect my brakes but they have saved my hand at least twice. Just be wary of your hand sliding through them and breaking your wrist/arm. The plastic ones are only good to keep cold and mud off.

[paulhusby]

I love "hand-guards." They are called bar-ends, the curved inward kind. Confusingly out of fashion. Having more than one hand position is a good thing, and and so is having effective hand and brake lever guards. I still have all my knuckles thanks to bar-ends. Brilliant.

[ocrob]

Wished I was running hand guard a couple of weeks back... hit some mud, bike washed wide, bars clipped tree causing a rapid right hand turn and jamming front brake on resulting in being Ejected OTB... its a shame my index finger decided to be the meat in that Sandwich!!... broken! 😒

[bluecowairsoft]

Ime the o chain only really helps with 150mm and over travel bike. But if small bump sensitivity is everything to you then try it out, just make sure your shock is sensitive enough too, with a proformance shock that hasnt been serviced in 300 hours that will hold you back a lot more than your chainring

[MitchellRoget]

I got an O ring not long back and it has made climbing that much better

[piaraskelly]

I have been watching you for three years and I have loved every video

[hardtailr]

Great info! They hand guards are really useful in the cold or wet/mud also.

[DirtlovR]

6. A rider that knows what he's doing.

[maxthrust]

I've been tempted to get a set of Loam Labs Counterpunch. They're not full on hand guards, just bar ends that extend forward and curve in slightly to protect your pinky finger when you're punching a tree. They seem like a good idea maybe.

[Magoo]

Good Job I agree with all your upgrades....makes sense! Cheers!

[martydumpvalve]

Love my hand guards. I know they look naff but they have saved my brake levers so many times and my knuckles.

[rider]

Moto's have had mixed sized tires for ages... Once again, moto LEADING the way. As always and ALWAYS will.

[GriffinMcMurray]

if you get handguards get VC Gauds or Sendhit Nocks they will protect you hands super well

[trickystitch]

Southern Spain, vicious thorn bushes, hand protectors 👍

[gavinsullivan]

I’ve completely smashed a little finger catching a tree branch end on which took me off the bike for 2 months - so I’ll go with the hand guards!

[Emtbtoday]

The issues I had getting one them topeak multitools sent because it had the knife on it was unreal! Wanted a picture of my passport and then only you could accept it at the other end so had to wait in for it and sign for it in the UK! And for something that was just taken off when I got it seems stupid but my Blackburn one exact same process, I wanted to test this so Make sure you get one without the knife or serrated blade stored in the tool more trouble than its worth! Be more trouble getting stopped with it as over 1 inch be carful with carrying these tools take the blade out

[johna]

The subtitles... "Top 5 upgrades for your injury bike" Nice 👌

[ferreirabel]

I have a 26" wheel enduro bike and I need to change my tires, I'm thinking in some schwalbe nobby nic tires. Do you guys have any recomendations?

[youngstadan]

Ive got a 2.3 fast rolling tyre on the back and a 2.4 dissector on the rear( flat where i live and sometimes i just want to ride my enduro and give the stumpy a break, plus i have more fun on the enduro makes you want to smash off stuff more, somehere that its built for i put dissector maxterra rear assagai maxgrip 2.5 up front