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The enduro bike (bottom) I raced the weekend before last, here in Singapore - it's not optimal for the terrain here, but it's fun. As James says - it can be pedalled to the top of whatever you want to ride back down, and (pertinent to here) it will go up some pretty technical terrain due to the sheer grip the suspension and sticky tyres develops.
It's got 160mm of travel at the back and a 170mm fork.
The DH bike at the top would make be awful for 99.9% of the riding I do here, but amazing (albeit, maybe a bit dull ultimately) for 0.01% of it. It's 200mm rear and 200mm front.
I don't plan on ever working out how it climbs, but I suspect the answer is that it would have huge grip but still be dreadful.
There are DH tracks in Malaysia, but I need to go and ride them on the Enduro bike to work out whether the additional capability of the DH bike outweighs the "how do I get to the top?" issue.