| If you like riding on dirt paths, unpaved surfaces, | | | | features are even better now than before. The |
| trekking or hiking, then a mountain bike is all you need. | | | | modern ones today have 21, 24 or 27 speeds and are |
| Unlike the ordinary bicycles, these ones are quite "hard | | | | normally fitted with 3 gears in the front while the rear |
| core" in nature. They perform well in rough places and | | | | has 7, 8, or 9. They also have disc brakes that makes |
| can handle more strain. One of their key | | | | stopping easier. |
| characteristics is their tires. They are actually more | | | | With the growing of mountain biking as a sport, |
| wider, knobbier and absorbs shock well. Generally, this | | | | Mountain bikes are rising in demand together with |
| bikes are classified into four types i.e fully Rigid, hard | | | | accessories that accompany them. Nevertheless, we |
| Tail, Soft Tail and Dual/ full Suspension. | | | | ought to be careful when buying this accessories. In |
| Full suspension have a suspension fork in the rear and | | | | fact, you'll notice that most of this equipment like |
| the front while fully rigid do not have nay suspension. | | | | helmets, knee and elbow caps etc are meant for our |
| Hard tail on the other hand has a suspension fork in | | | | safety and they're important to acquire before we go |
| the front while soft tail, has very less suspension in the | | | | out riding. Some of the commonly known |
| rear and its frame has a flex in the rear, rather than | | | | manufactures of this bile include; Arrow Racing, |
| the pivot. | | | | Dagger, Dart, Full Dynamix, Airborne cycles and Alpine |
| Mountain bikes are superbly designed and their | | | | design MTBs. |