[April Fools] Quiz: Can You Guess These DH Bikes From Their Silhouettes?

Apr 1, 2021 at 2:04
by Ed Spratt  
Do all downhill bikes really look like a Session? We've put together a collection of downhill bikes with no branding, colours or decals. Can you guess the correct makes and models?



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Member since Mar 16, 2017
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88 Comments
  • 120 1
 Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun. Szechaun.
  • 18 0
 Them are some spicy bikes, right there......
  • 2 1
 Deleted
  • 77 0
 Omg I literally lol'ed. Missed the chance to throw a Gambler in the mix and fool us all!
  • 61 4
 But they did; third from the bottom
  • 10 1
 @hamncheez: APRIL FOOLS
  • 8 0
 @hamncheez: damnit, you got me
  • 5 0
 @hamncheez: got me too, nice one
  • 2 0
 @hamncheez: another victim
  • 52 1
 April 1st has to be one of the best days on Pinkbike.
  • 4 0
 I always look forward to it!
  • 4 0
 It's true. Most other april fools are lame but Pink Bike always have some great ones.
  • 1 0
 I fall for them all... not really but some make me wonder. I am old and out of touch sometimes.
  • 1 0
 @Tormy: i could definitely imagine maxxis doing the not patch tho (wouldn't be smart fr their marketing but idk maybe teams would pay more or like rebranded tires but idk if that's legal)
  • 33 0
 holy shit I can finally answer one of these lol
  • 28 1
 Looks like a Session...
  • 18 0
 Looks like a.... Must not say it must not say it.
  • 44 1
 Session!!! Oh for feck sake! I literally have no self control.
  • 16 0
 I felt quite clever for about 2.5 seconds after realising the first one was "the" Session....
  • 13 0
 Instructions unclear, there is only one bike.
  • 8 0
 First time I've ever gotten a perfect score on one of these quizzes. I'd like to take this time to gloat to all my teachers who said I'd never achieve anything.
  • 9 0
 wait, their all Sessions always have been
  • 9 0
 I only got one Frown . The quiz is so hard
  • 3 0
 New High Pivot session will be out soon! It's sick. Aluminum only, 4 sizes by reach like Spesh, chain stay length depending on size, flip chip for mullet and adjustable progression by another flip chip.
  • 5 0
 Golden rule of multiple choice exams: Its never answer "C" three times or more...
  • 5 0
 Well played pinkbike, well played.
  • 3 1
 Personally I would've put the silhouettes of a variety of DH bikes and had them all link to pictures of Sessions, but different strokes for different folks
  • 4 0
 This has to be my favourite post of the day so far.
  • 1 0
 Succinct and effective. No melons twisted. The others can do one.
  • 2 0
 Are they really though? Blacked out they could be any bike from any manufacturer or any session or no...it's Schrödinger's Session!
  • 2 0
 I hesitated to think the first one was a session because the second looked like a session.
  • 3 0
 Duck duck duck goose duck duck duck
  • 1 0
 That fourth one has an impenetrable disguise
  • 4 0
 Ok, now that was funny.
  • 3 1
 Where is my rocky mountain maiden? That definitely looks like a session, just better
  • 2 0
 I had a real struggle with this one
  • 2 0
 Best article today hahaha
  • 2 0
 This is the best april fools post yall have ever done
  • 3 0
 Who wants to session?
  • 3 0
 Looks like a session
  • 2 0
 Wow! That made me laugh!!!
  • 2 0
 Looks like a... Sorry I forgot.
  • 1 1
 Pinkbike you really could have thrown in a Kona and a gambler and a gt and a cube and all of those bikes, and made it a lot funnier.
  • 2 0
 for once, I got most of them right!!!!!
  • 2 0
 OMG. Nearly forgot what day it is.
  • 2 0
 OK now we're being trolled. (and we deserve it!)
  • 1 1
 I think a lot of people missed the point or weren't part of pinkbike in the days of the "Looks like a session" comments. Either way this made me laugh pretty good!
  • 2 0
 Looks like a Scott Gambler.
  • 2 0
 I think we have reached peak pinkbike.
  • 2 2
 I think this proves that all DH bikes are the same frame with different paint jobs and logos
  • 2 0
 Haaaaaaa
  • 1 1
 Also just realized the link says "sessionable" we should have been prepared for the troll.
  • 1 0
 Looks like a...you know, the thing!
  • 1 0
 Throw a high pivot on one of those for good measure
  • 1 1
 As someone who owns a Session... I’ll admit it’s true.. It was all a Session.
  • 1 0
 10/10 article, got 10/10 correct
  • 1 0
 Best joke of the year right here
  • 1 1
 This is the first time I've ever actually performed well on one of these quizzes.
  • 1 0
 It only took me 3 bikes to figure out what was going on. Well done, PB
  • 1 0
 Welcome to 50 Shades of Session
  • 1 0
 Looks like Scott Gambler.
  • 1 1
 Was the session the first bike to look like that or was it one of the kona's?
  • 1 1
 Finally I got it, don't even care that it's April's fools. I can say I got every single one!
  • 2 0
 *slow clap*
  • 1 0
 You cant find any Trek on this pictures, only sessions.
  • 1 0
 i hope pb is getting compensated handsomely for this
  • 1 0
 Dangit. I got the last 1 wrong
  • 1 1
 turns out, they are all sessions
  • 1 1
 New quiz... but the answer I use every other time.
  • 1 0
 Looks like a gambler
  • 1 0
 Looks like a Session
  • 1 1
 Session, Session, Session. Oh no way another Session.
  • 2 1
 Favorite one so far haha
  • 1 0
 Idk the yt strider tues was pretty legit
  • 1 0
 Funny indeed.
  • 1 0
 My new favorite post
  • 1 0
 PinkBike wins
  • 1 0
 All the GT Fury's
  • 1 0
 Damn this is hard
  • 3 4
 GT Fury?
  • 3 5
 Don't trust ANYTHING you read today on PunkedBike .
  • 3 0
 I trust everything I've read today.
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