Today's enduro mountain bikes are getting closer to downhill bikes, with geometry getting progressively slacker and suspension travel getting longer as each year goes by. But just how much have these bikes changed over the years? Rich Payne checks out one of the first 'Enduro specific' bikes to see what the differences are between old vs new.

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