Mountain Biking Guide

While mountain biking is generally related to the bicyclists pitting their reflexes, strength, and athletic capabilities against some of the Earth's most untrustworthy back country wildernesses, deserts, and ravines, there's a new sort of mountain biker--the town dweller. Urban mountain biking might be another big thing in sports.


Where to go Urban Mountain Biking - somewhere urban mountain biking fans can develop their talents is at their local skateboarding parks. Pretty much every town of more than a couple of thousand folk has at least one skateboarding park, and biking in them is a load more convenient that finding paths to do urban mountain biking on public streets or in parking lots and parking garages. Skateboarding parks will let urban mountain biking riders perform many alternative stunts, by tackling the ramps, rails, ledges, and bowls the skateboarders use. Vertical riding on a half pipe doing twists and air spins will need urban mountain biking talents as complicated as any required in freeriding, and will also need full protecting gear including a full face helmet. The hazards that you might fall on concrete from 7 or with feet above a 10 foot vertical ramp aren't to be treated lightly. Skateboarding parks are prepared and waiting for those ready to do some urban mountain riding and best of all, the bikers do not have to send time digging or building difficulties. Except for those bikers who do not have a local skateboard park, or people who live in towns where skateboard parks have banned urban mountain biking, street urban mountain biking is an option. Street urban mountain biking is great for people that like to explore and take on whatever challenges they find.

People who have been fortunate enough to hone their abilities in skateboard parks can try them out on the town streets, going with the flow of downtown traffic, jumping openings and grinding ledges or rails, and even tackling step sets--but only if they're very good, and have somebody spotting for them so that they're in no danger of landing on somebody. Street urban mountain biking is the sort of mountain biking most certain to cause a dispute, and people who engage in it have an obligation to ride with the security of folks and property as their first concerns.

Urban off-road bikes - Urban off-road bikes are solidly built to a basic design, with 20-inch wheels and planned to make their riders do the work. They don't have accessories like pegs and suspension forks to make them more maneuverable so that less experienced riders can look good riding them. Urban mountain biking is steadily gaining in recognition, but till it has enough support so that each major built up area boasts a number of quality singletracks, urban mountain biking will remain restricted to those daredevils ready to perform their stunts on public highwaies, in public parks, and while ascending or descending public stairways.