| You have probably heard a lot of times about downhill, | | | | and descents, but they never involve rocky roads or |
| dirt jump or cross country. Here are a few | | | | any jumps. This discipline challenges the riders to finish |
| considerations on what each of these things really | | | | a route in the shortest time they can. |
| means. | | | | Downhill is another type of mountain biking. Actually, this |
| First of all, we have All Mountain, a term which is used | | | | is the roughest one and it involves the descent of a |
| for mountainous activities, but which does not involve | | | | very difficult route at high speed, so that the time the |
| any extreme actions. This discipline can be | | | | rider registers is as short as possible. There are |
| characterized as a trail activity, these activities | | | | different obstacles with this discipline, which means that |
| approaching easy routes, forest walks and easy | | | | the riders need to train properly in order to be able to |
| descents. | | | | do a jump or an outrun. This discipline uses the most |
| Then, we have Cross Country, which is the | | | | expensive mountain bikes, these being equipped with |
| best-known discipline of them all and which only | | | | strong and big dampers, both on the front and on the |
| approaches routes of medium and high difficulty. A | | | | back. The brakes are also the strongest ones you can |
| route is usually six or eight kilometres long. Generally, | | | | encounter with mountain bikes. |
| the cross country bicycles feature suspensions on the | | | | There are also other disciplines with this sport, but you |
| front side and they weigh very little. Also, you can find | | | | can start by thinking of these ones and of how little or |
| bicycles with carbon frames. The routes are usually | | | | much they represent you and your lifestyle. |
| mountainous ones, they have easy or difficult ascents | | | | |