5 ALL-TIME GREATEST Downhill Mountain Bikes

Downhill mountain bikes are meticulously engineered with one job: go downhill as fast as possible.

They're designed regardless of climbing ability or rider comfort. Will and Rob took the time to look back at downhill racing history. Narrowing down to just five bikes wasn’t easy, but all these rigs have stood the test of time and are still winning races decades later.

What bikes did we miss? Let us know in the comments! 👇

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:00 GT Fury
05:27 Giant Glory
07:57 Trek Session
11:04 Specialized Demo
14:02 Santa Cruz V10

Credits
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[adrian_veidt]

Downhill bikes are the sexiest bikes ever!

[billblake]

Fantastic episode gentlemen.😎 I appreciate your time and efforts.

[dazmos_]

That was great! Really enjoyed you taking about the different iterations of each model. Cheers

[ridesafealways]

I have the final version of the thicc fury with the idrive. 2018 i think. The stiffness in that bike feels like your bones will break before anything on that bike breaks. Switch it up to mullet 29-27.5 and single crown fox 38 to decrease stiffness in the front end to lessen arm pump. It does pedal really well for a downhill bike. Too well that i wanna try it as enduro bike but I am not strong enough to withstand the stiffness for prolonged periods. Framewise, i think it's the most durable bike GT has ever produced. PS. It is compatible with a 90mm dropper from one up thus you can set it up as a super enduro bike.

[Bonky-wonky]

You should include the sunn radical, intense m1 and iron horse sunday. All three milestones in the development of dh bikes.

[mikano]

Great show and what a collection! I could imagine the Commencal Supreme up there. Thanks for great content🙏🏼

[youling]

Other than GT I basically guessed the rest of the list. Really famous bikes.

[MozOnBikes]

It’s was a one and done, but you can’t miss the Sunday!

[jeranemo]

Great episode. Please do a free ride version 🙏

[thEyeVision]

Nice list but no kona bikes??? but i do say your sort on with Santa Cruz V10 its a fire bike 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[mrsportybloke]

The bench mark was the m1 back in the day…

[Driftuner]

Commencal, Norco, Scott, Kona....some great bikes missing here

[SubversionGarage]

Can we please bring back gold stations and white lowers!

[wharf]

Great video, just one slight mistake, the V10.4 was a carbon fibre frame with a aluminium rear triangle. The V10.5 was the full carbon fibre version still on 26" wheels and 10" travel (the last true V10). The V10.6 was the 27.5" wheel size and only 8.5" travel

[worldstallestmidget]

I think the Honda g cross woukd have been the best bike ever if Honda stayed in downhill.

Me favorite dh bike I ever had was the cove peeler!

[ianmangham]

Downhill bikes are the dogs bollocks 🤠🤘

[finleydicus]

if it wasn't limited to currently available bikes then the Honda RN01 would've been sick

[aberdeendeltaforce]

And the best one wasn’t even mentioned, a bike so ahead of its time all the big boys were using it and rebranding it……the Intense M1

[bikeradar]

Okay, so what bikes did we miss? Let us know! 👇

[mtbohana]

How the hell did Commencal not make it in there.