Retro VS Modern Downhill Bikes

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1. I have an early 2000s rockhopper with a seized front suspension and rusty pedals. Good enough and will be upgrading soon.
2. why did you compare it to the uglyest and dumbest looking bike of the 90ies ?
3. In 20 years that will be single speed bikes
4. The old downhill bikes were just converted XC bikes. I was there, I saw it, I lived it.
5. God bless JMC. Good to see his old bike again. The beauty of the old v's new shown here, is that the old bike could be used for any type of cycling. It was a lot of fun on any ride and you'd pass you mates on the downhill sections. The modern bike shown here is really only fun when you have a ski-lift to take you to the top of the run each time. This limits the new bikes usability as there is nothing multi-purpose about it!
6. How did he not talk about the front cassette. That thing is F'n huge. what is that 60 teeth
7. Do fat bike retro vs modern
8. I gotta say... even with the advancements of tech in the bike world.. I still like the older bikes more
9. That old Specialized rear suspension looks a lot like GT LTS.
10. I'm a big fan of your channel and a subscriber. You provide so much useful information. Thank you for that! If you don't mind, I'd like to mention that you always incorrectly use the term "mil". A mil is one thousandth of an inch (0.001"), not a millimeter. So when you say the bike has "200 mil" of travel you're saying 200 thousandths of an inch (0.200"), which is only 5.08 mm of travel! In short, a mil is not shorthand for a millimeter, but a very different unit of measure.
11. I have a feeling in maybe 5 years there will be bikes dropping the entire derailleur system and running a sequential drivetrain built into the bb area once they can lighten it up, I think gmbn covered one at interbike this year
12. M8, the boxxer team has an air spring! The boxxer RC has a coil spring!! #trigggered
13. Why not use the undisputed king of retro dowhill bikes the INTENSE M1 (circa 1994), its geoetry and all the stuff you mentioned on the new bike was first used on the M1´s by pros like Shaun Palmer, Johnny Tomac, Toby Henderson...
14. 20 years time, suspension will be programmed by GPS so you
    have the perfect setup for each section of the track. Also the frame geometry
    will adjust to the perfect setting for the section of the track. Become longer
    and slacker for the fast stuff and shorter and steeper head angle for the tight
    twisty stuff through the woods. The brakes will have an abs electronic system,
    or at least the front. Who knows, Rockshox might be as good as the current DVO,
    BOS, Ohlins suspension.
15. filmed at the specialized head office in Chessington right?
16. they will have gearboxes ...oh wait some already do. When will Specialised take the drive train seriously?
17. in 20 more years I'll still be riding my 1991 Titanium Fisher. (Not to say I don't have modern bikes too)
18. S-Works FSR 1995 is built for Cross Country.
19. in 20 years.... i think we are going to ride hover bikes 😂
20. I would still ride an early 2000's Specialised downhill bike and find it as good as a modern bike, love that back end :D