Mountain Bikes - General Tips & Comments

Mountain Bikes - General Tips & Comments: Buyers Guide - new & secondhand (925 words)
by salty_monk - written on 05.02.01 (Very useful, 4003 readings)
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So you're going to invest in a new Mountain bike? How do you choose? New or secondhand? What make? Shop or mail order? what size should it be? Now for some answers! First thing is to ask yourself some Questions: 1. What am I going to use it for? 2. How much am I willing to spend? 3. Am I confident enough with sizing, mechanics etc to know a good buy secondhand when I see one? There are lots of types of MTB & I will try to categorize them for you! 1. Cross Country Race or trail Bikes 2. Downhill bikes 3. Jump/Dual/Duel/Freeride bikes 4. Trials Bikes 5. Crap! The ...

guide to trials rideing (867 words)
by missinlink - written on 11.05.01 (Very useful, 1216 readings)
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well seeing as i have written a long opinion about B.M.Xing, I thought ide write you all an opinion about trials riding. What is trials riding?!?! i hear u screaming at your computer! Well trials riding is basically where you move around a course which can be naturally made by nature ie rocks and tree trunks and stuff like that or it can be man made ie big barells and other bits like that put together to form a course. The idea is get around it without touching the thing beneath you with your feet or your pedal and to do this you need a great deal of balance! its one thing you really need to master as well as the other things which i will tell you about ...

Mountain Bikes - General Tips & Comments: Buying the right mountain bike frame. (420 words)
by rabw - written on 26.09.01 (Very useful, 2850 readings)
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What do you look for when looking for a Mountain Bike frame. Here are some questions you should ask yourself: 1) Do you want suspension - if so how much travel. Full suspension bikes come in many shapes and sizes. Firstly you must consider what type of Mountain biking you are doing. If trail riding, 2-4 inches should surfice, whereas, for down hilling you should be looking for at least 6 inches. If you are a lightweight XC racer, a ridgid rear end is still the most popular choice, as you'll go faster (less bob), and the bike will be much lighter. What is bob? Bob is the word given to what happens with ...