I'm guessing you don't ride dirt bikes either? There's lots of non-riding dirt bike experts on this forum today!!
Assumptions - best not to make those.
They're not the same thing at all. Trials bikes are designed for low speed manoeuvres, especially on the back wheel. DH bikes are built for primarily for traction and cornering. I could see that thing being a hell of a lot of fun - enough power to keep up DH-type speed on flatter trails where you just can't pedal hard enough to keep the speed up, or just cruise up a fire road to the top of your DH trail and coast down. It's not an attempt at an enduro bike, it's not an attempt at a trials bike, it's simply yet another niche that you could exploit if you weren't so closed minded about it.
No dick. My moto club has a private riding area that they let us build/run DH bikes on as well, only rule is the motos can ride them too, their not exclusive trails. So ASSume all you want but your wrong. Those different "horses" have alot in common. If you'd open up that narrow mind you might see that. Have fun with your kiddy moto bike, it looks like giggles.
Thanks for clearing that up, and you're right - what I said was contradictory, I should have said I don't like MX bikes on DH trails. But good on you for totally missing the point - that Derbi thing isn't a MX bike or a trials bike, nobody's pretending it is, except people like you who are bitching about it not being powerful enough (or high enough quality - you must have an awesome eye if you can judge that from a photo). In riding terms, all it really is, is a heavy DH bike that you don't have to pedal. If it's got 8hp or something that'll get you up a hill or keep up a good pace on flat ground no worries, but it's not going to tear courses to shreds like real dirtbikes do either. I'd love to see you get your moto down half of our tracks. I've watched people try and fail before - even if you're an awesome rider there are places where motos will literally just not fit. That Derbi thing would have no issues however.Your problem is that you see it as an attempt to somehow replace or compete with existing bikes, and you're bagging the crap out of it on those grounds instead of working out what you might actually use such a thing for. THAT is closed minded. Will it go as fast in a straight line as a real moto? No. Will it be as light and agile as a normal DH bike? No. Does it have the potential to be a hell of a lot of fun anyway? Hell yes.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel warm and fuzzy inside.
