This mountain bike racer is taking part in an event in hills above the sea in the Western Cape South Africa Hit the dirt is a mountain biking MTB phrase It is the kind of thing Pyou might say to your friend as you are about to start a ride together Let's hit the dirt It also has another meaning crashing The Most Popular Bike What is it that makes MTB so popular Partly it is because many people think the bikes look really cool But mostly it is because it is just so much fun With the right mountain bike you can race your buddies down narrow trails through the woods go dirt jumping enter a cyclocross race ride down a World Cup downhill course go away for a weekend camping in the wilderness a ride to school the mall or a friend's house Mountain bikes really can do everything that can be done on two
World of Mountain Bikes Show up at any trailhead in the world and you will probably find mountain bikers getting ready to ride Usually you get a warm welcome especially if you give people a smile and say hello MTB is a friendly sport and most mountain bikers will help each other out with advice on where to ride or help repair a flat tire or a mechanical problem onto MAIN MTB features cross country races above long distance events with overnight camping left and much more ITY AND Top Three MTB Videos MTB videos are often published in series you can find many of them on Amazon com Here are three of the best Earthed some of the most extreme downhill ridden by some of the best riders in the world See New World Disorder NWD focuses on freeride MTB but there is lots of dirt jumping and street riding too West Coast StyleLthese videos show some basic techniques to get your skills up to par fast UN M
Special CX bikes have drop handlebars like road bikes You can enter most CX races on a mountain bike too People have been riding off road for many years It is only fairly recently Othough that bikes built especially for off road A riding were developed Cyclocross Some people say that the earliest form I of MTB is cyclocross CX racing which started in the early 1900s In a CX race riders start at the same time and follow a pre set course They ride as hard as they can for an hour then finish the lap on which they are riding The rider who has completed the most laps
The Breezer Series II was one of the first ever custom built mountain bikes Cruiser Racers In the 1970s a group of Californians started driving to the top of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County and racing back down on their old beach cruisers They kept breaking their bikes so they started building better ones That was the start of the modern mountain bike business Pretty soon children everywhere were asking for Specialized Stumpjumpers or Marin Muirwood bikes Joe Breeze went to school at the foot of Mount Tamalpais in California and was one of a group of friends who first started racing down its trails Breeze built the first custom built mountain bike the Breezer Series in 1977 Only nine were made but Breeze kept building bikes Today Breezer Bikes is still going
