First off, I think you missed the point of above. I'm not hailing dual crown enduro bikes as the future of DH racing, far from it. The mid-sized companies I'm referring to typically don't have dedicated world cup team anymore. Athletes chuck a dual crown on an enduro bike to do a race now and again or something like Crankworx. They clearly aren't the future of DH bikes and DH racing if they only peripherally participate - sounds like we probably agree there.
And just to play the other side of the coin for a little bit, off the top of my head I can think of one result on an enduro bike that made a meaningful impact on DH world cup: Jared Graves' bronze on an SB-66 at the 2013 world champs (if you care about Juniors at all, Rude won gold on the same bike).
Jan. 8, 2022, 10:47 a.m. - Lu Kz
First off, I think you missed the point of above. I'm not hailing dual crown enduro bikes as the future of DH racing, far from it. The mid-sized companies I'm referring to typically don't have dedicated world cup team anymore. Athletes chuck a dual crown on an enduro bike to do a race now and again or something like Crankworx. They clearly aren't the future of DH bikes and DH racing if they only peripherally participate - sounds like we probably agree there. And just to play the other side of the coin for a little bit, off the top of my head I can think of one result on an enduro bike that made a meaningful impact on DH world cup: Jared Graves' bronze on an SB-66 at the 2013 world champs (if you care about Juniors at all, Rude won gold on the same bike).