Danny Hart's Most Iconic Downhill Mountain Bikes | DH Pro Bike Check

Steve Jones catches up with Danny Hart to see how his winning Downhill bikes over the past 10 years have changed. They talk about the evolution of 26", 27.5", 29" and mixed wheel size setups.
First, we see his fully aluminium Lapierre 920, then his iconic Giant Glory from his 2011 Champery Run. His fully carbon Mondraker Summum - 2016 World Championship winning bike from Val De Sol, and then finally his new Cube.
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[@davegee124]

that 2011 downhill run was mindblowing

[@AlBorland3877]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHy9h2qwm7J6isk (focus on the commentators though, but not less funny ^^)

[@markdavis8430]

It still blows my mind

[@harryrichards4654]

@@AlBorland3877 thanks

[@stuarts4673]

I go back and watch it all the time, It gives me chills, Absolutely love it

[@-TheRealChris]

Basketball hoop between a glass window and glass doors, that's confidence in your game!

[@tomwallhead6950]

Thats plenty of money for new glass 😂

[@WasabiWei]

I love how Danny refers to "us" winning and in posts he thanks his team properly. A legend does not have to play at having no support. I respect the personal character as much as his stellar riding style. Impressive.

[@shaneweldon]

Danny's initials are DH! Born to be a DownHill legend!!!

[@DownhillSnail]

The newer bigger bikes are obviously more stable and faster but damn the 26" era was exciting to watch!

[@nickdaigle]

the told 26s are still great for a slope style bike

[@DownhillSnail]

@@nickdaigle yea i still ride a 26" glory, best bike I've ever ridden.

[@hobmarg]

Great vid but downtube? Why not head tube angle? Also reach (and wheelbase) are the most important numbers in the evolution of DH geo.

[@joelbrown3084]

Lovely weather in Redcar, video shows Saltburn...

[@wenlambotomy6231]

Danny might not win every race but he is the riders rider and massively consistent. He takes the difficult technical lines other top riders shy away from and he’d be the last person still riding his bike if all the fame/money left DH. He is so egoless anybody (even your gran on her shopping trolley bike) could feel they could go up to him and chat bikes to him and he’d respond in kind. Good luck this season Danny Boy 🤟

[@Iamgavrilo]

Favourite Dannys bike is 2011 Giant!

[@gmbntech]

Iconic!

[@benhockey380]

My favourite Danny hart bike was the mondraker summum. Such a sick bike!

[@cedricgtrable]

2016 Mondraker Summun was a huge improvement

[@christoingram]

What a great video, Steve is an excellent interviewer, he knows the tech and he gets Danny to open up. I could watch these sort of vids with any MTB discipline. Do Nino next!

[@satchelofdoom1564]

Wheelbase in inches! I’m British and wheelbase in inches means nothing to me 😂

[@giovannigiorgio3727]

I agree. Fair enough continuing talking about something like wheel size in inches or speed in mph but when all the other measurements which he talks about are in mm, trying to be “quirky” for the sake of it and talk about wheelbase in inches is just plain lame

[@benborrie2221]

Yeah annoying, makes no sense

[@Northstar-Media]

Depends what year you was brought up. I was brought up with Metric & imperial.

[@Yoda-em5mt]

Stop wiening 50 ÷ .25 = 2000mm some people like inches some mm for ff sake .

[@satchelofdoom1564]

@@Yoda-em5mt Yes I think most people can convert inches to mm. That said, 50/0.25=200 not 2000. If you want 50” in mm it’s 50/0.03937 or 50x25.4 both will roughly equal 1270mm. I guess even an old Jedi can get confused.

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

Good to see you up in my neck of the woods and with the GMBN lads Steve, Dannys rigs are phenomenal.

[@markdavis8430]

Huge thanks for this vid guys! Need to see Dan doing a reactions test The man is lightning

[@theliquidstate3216]

Interesting, totally glossed over Saracen. No bike, little chat about them, makes it seem like they split on bad terms.

[@dominikrojan1101]

I was hoping to hear something about his Myst, I am riding one now...

[@jakubgabris6901]

...Like they split on bad terms... Lol.

[@willber318]

I was thinking the same

[@wumbobo]

I believe they did. Danny's dad was pretty vocal about the problems, but didn't actually go into detail. The response from Saracen when the contract ended had quite a bitter monotone to it as well.

[@JurisKankalis]

Amazing interview - and an amazing guy, best of luck in future races! Also - for me watching from little Latvia, amazing to see brands that I can afford, maybe not at the top level - on my own bikes - being 40, tomorrow I'm expecting delivery at last of my first "world class" front fork for my HT - 2021 SID Ultimate SL - can't wait. Keep up the ride!

[@robertennis5220]

Legend, thanks for the great video and memories

[@TourPro]

Great segment about MTB evolution.

[@Yoda-em5mt]

Danny thanks for bringing us all the dirty dan tyres most fun ive had in the slopp ever .

[@dogmanlol6998]

Amazing video please make another one

[@ideapap1]

I have never clicked on a video so fast He’s a legend

[@gmbntech]

Was great to be able to talk about these bikes! What was your favourite?

[@ideapap1]

@@gmbntech the glory he did the most amazing run on

[@ridesafealways4929]

That glory was gorgeous. I have the same colorway with my Faith 0 2010. You can actually setup older bikes mullet 29 27, or 27 and 26. Use anglesets. i got my faith into a mullet 29 and 27 with a 63 degree head angle. Some bikes you may need custom dropouts though for clearance issues.

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

Great insight.

[@64Spokes]

Oh man seeing that truvativ boobar brings me back

[@connorcampbell144]

The Saracen Myst 2019 was my favourite, especially because of the pixel graphics.

[@fahering]

great video Cheers

[@sarahluther9671]

Danny is the best British downhill rider keep it up i would love to ride with a local legend i been watching for past ten years mtb bike life

[@richardwager283]

You mean Rob Warner #egg

[@sarahluther9671]

@@richardwager283 no Danny hart is the the British rider and rob carnt ride downhill bikes anymore he a oldman now he needs a Ebike

[@wenlambotomy6231]

@@sarahluther9671 he’s an old man who’ll spank your ass on any downhill track on any bike yer splitarse.

[@nickdaigle]

the newer bigger bikes are great for being stable in racing but i still prefer the older 26 bikes for slope style/ hitting jumps they feel like a dirt jumper but with 200mm travel shocks great to wipe around

[@01FozzyS]

Good stuff with a good guy.

[@ostankovalex1176]

why wheelbase in inches when everything else is in CM/MM? it's pretty inconvenient could just not talk about the numbers and had a slide in part with measurements somewhere on the screen

[@badlarry172]

great stuff ta

[@charlie9ine]

I’m a hack trail rider but I switched from Kona to Cube on my last bike. This is a really good bike manufacturer.

[@NoName-st6zc]

It's funny to see the similarities between Downhill and F1. I mean how people are talking about the earlier eras with the smaller bikes being much more entertaining to watch than nowdays with the almost overcapable bikes. Somewhat the same in F1. When Alonso did a showrun a few years ago in Abu Dhabi with an older and much smaller F1 people where shocked about the direction change of the thing compared to the much bigger, longer and more stable current F1 cars.

[@ado7e]

I think I'd go with that sweet mondraker

[@b56sd]

Summum and Danny are legends.

[@owenhenley]

Shame we didn’t see the Appalachie. Beautiful bike.

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

Awesome!!

[@th_js]

Best video in a while

[@gmbntech]

Thanks Tomi

[@th_js]

@@gmbntech Can't beat the Tech show though!

[@mikedamisch]

This guy likes he's own voice way to much, let us hear Danny talk!! Missed some of the most important specs and geo numbers as well....

[@lvpheno7025]

i wanted to hear headtube angles

[@jeembomb]

steve jones is so effin' cool

[@Hardcaslte]

cracks me up how people are so addicted to 800mm handlebars and even Danny here is saying the bigger PRO RIDERS are using 780, and he's on 760.

[@mattcurran7526]

Summum 🙌🏻

[@imperialred]

Why use the downtube measurement and not reach and stack? Easier to measure while in the garden?

[@lucwilson1]

Seems like a similar measurement that Lee Likes Bikes promotes… calls it the RAD measurement… www.leelikesbikes.com/rad-bike-setup.html

[@jakubgabris6901]

One is possible to measure quite accurately by anyone with the tape measure, the other one isn´t.

[@smallhatshatethetruth7933]

Cool video but it would have been nice to have some clips interspersed here and there when they are talking about his runs

[@projectbora]

They can’t due to licensing.

[@oscarsanchez1327]

Favourite one has to be the Giant, because I was there!!.

[@kenopsia9013]

big up the north east im still running a beautiful 2008 big hit s works see ya at hamsterly forest

[@SP-ss4uo]

What about headtube angle Steve? How has that changed over the years

[@b56sd]

Favourite winning bike is Mondraker

[@dee3368]

Hell of a personality 😆

[@addisonmaskell3469]

The glory

[@wiracochaancestral7974]

que buenas bikes hart !!!

[@willber318]

Snapierre

[@stuarts4673]

Morning folks

[@big502chevy5]

His accent sounds alot like a young Lemmy from motorhead.🤘

[@gmbntech]

Not heard that one before!

[@michaprz9680]

Why some geometry specs are provided in metric while wheel base in inches? Thats so inconsistent and simply not elegant.

[@jamiewoods6775]

Who on earth measures wheelbase in inches? Then all the others in metric.

[@dexterlines1735]

I bought a 2015 summum and still rips now

[@kenleach2516]

Interesting

[@kiltymacbagpipe]

Steve looking at a bike without a stick seems wrong. Spoke too soon, he found a rake, now to see if he whacks a bike with it.

[@rw8214]

Danny is like the Johnny Vegas of bike.

[@superelectro]

should have put video clips over this

[@unzulaessig]

looks like a Mc Kanzie HIll 500 =D

[@NoWoke288]

The giant looks older than lapierre bike

[@raulboyd]

the fisrt 27,5 rocket

[@MichaelSmith-iy4np]

Let’s goooooo

[@oleohnekohle1405]

But what about Saracen? Did they split on bad terms or what?

[@stuarts4673]

I was expecting to see a Saracen bike, No idea

[@bongocat5223]

Yes they split on quite bad terms

[@rsmithuk]

If I remember correctly some of his Saracen bikes were stolen

[@rubenTR309]

a cracked leppiere. Written in the stars

[@MrMafioza1995]

stay on yo Bike

[@pennywood5653]

" = inches. ' = foot. Who did the captions?

[@joelschram14]

did Saracen not let him keep his bike? :D

[@danervin2530]

A lot of brands don’t.

[@hobmarg]

@@danervin2530 really? Most racers I've known (WCDH and EWS) keep their "home" bikes and sell them each year.

[@danervin2530]

@@hobmarg really depends on the brands policy. I’m sure a lot do, but plenty don’t.

[@user-ym6tg1ve7g]

lets seee is he can win on cube

[@danaminyip]

26''

[@dfsdfjoidfnni1175]

Love the bike design kzbin.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L and functionality. It is hard to align the front tired to center the disk brakes. The brake wheel touches the stationery side of the brake caliper and pad. I aired the tire up to 40 psi as the markings say 40-60psi. Left the house for a few hours and came back to an exploded innertube.All in all it seems to be a good bike. Have not ridden it yet though so that's the max of my knowledge. Update, put a new innertube made sure the tire was set properly and it did the same thing in under 20 minutes as second pic shows.

[@kacperkosowski9506]

Pleased

[@gemscape7636]

Steve... throws shit scope at Danny after Bike 1, later apologizes for waving it in Danny’s face. What a laugh... thanks!

[@christonamtb4089]

M word the brakes?

[@canadianboyee]

Mullet

[@ONE-xc8vu]

1st comment bro... 😍😍

[@GrahamStorr]

Helps if ye know were you are Jones, that's Saltburn bye the sea ,NOT Redcar in the pic ye showing,ye I know he lives in Redcar

[@FatBlokeDoingStuff]

Does using a shit scoop result in a guaranteed Super nice?

[@duncandehulst2016]

Still not a fan of the looks of 27/29 mullet bikes... I dont know about the ride though 😂🥲

[@Eric-fx9xf]

✌👍

[@rolux4853]

BB height, chainstays and wheelbase(*) are actually pretty interesting numbers, but who on earth cares for the downtube length? The headtube angle, reach and stack would be way more interesting! And of course which framesize it actually is! Seattube angle is obviously not that important on a DH bike. (*): but why on earth use inches for the wheelbase, when you can use mm instead? His explanation is weak, because the wheels aren’t really measured in inches. In fact they don’t even measure 26“;27,5“ and 29“. These „measurements“ don’t stand for the real diameter of the wheel, it’s just a convenience for naming them. I know it’s stupid, but somebody decided it would be great to throw around vaguely guessed inch sizes, which end up being different from what they in fact measure. Calling 27,5“ 650b was a great approach, but the mtb industry sadly preferred the dumb random inch numbers, which is all you nowadays hear.

[@nickmassey9104]

Danny Hart legend. But if your gonna get a presenter please don't get one who went to the 'Dave' channel school of presenting.😆

[@gmbntech]

We picked Steve Jones for this because of his mountain bike history. Steve is one of the longest-serving and most knowledgeable people within the entire mountain bike industry, especially when it comes to DH racing. Think he was just excited to catch up with Danny and see these bikes 😂

[@jaykellett7693]

what the hell is up with the measurements and Downtube? eh?!

[@mickbelly3639]

Pity you didn't have the Myst In your collection ...hope the scrotes who pinched it have Karna coming their way.

[@lawsonroberts4332]

God loves you guys and Jesus died for all of our sins

[@christonamtb4089]

😐

[@lucwilson1]

Hail Satan 🤘😈

[@wenlambotomy6231]

My 3 year old died of child cancer and god loves me you say!

[@lawsonroberts4332]

@@wenlambotomy6231 I’m so sorry for your loss and weird things happened. But yes God does things for a reason and once again I’m so very sorry because that should never happen to anyone may God bless you.

[@wenlambotomy6231]

@@lawsonroberts4332 did you just say god let my 3 year old daughter die with a painful debilitating death for a reason! And what was that reason?

[@PolentoZer]

Mixing in imperial units is just lame.. shame