20/08/2026
Enduro started out as the people's format - the closest racing to what we all did on our mountain bikes. It had over a dozen years of solid growth and brought thousands of new riders into MTB, but now - notably since it was taken over by WBD/UCI and seemingly administered from Innerleithen (jeez, the irony) - it's hit the skids in a big way, with next year's Enduro World Cup binned.
So what's behind the failure - poor management, market forces, corporate greed, industry problems..?
Either way this sucks and it's been sad to watch the 'spirit of enduro' vibe decline like it has.
So is it RIP for enduro? Or time for a (perhaps less corporate) phoenix?