Mountain Bike Frames

By Kidder Seven


You may be convinced to buy a resilient mountain bike frame if you ride down the steep slopes of a mountain on a rock strewn trail on an old bike. Absorbing a lot of shock is what it will do.

If you invest in a good mountain bike frame, it will do even more: it will actually absorb, into its metal and components, much of the shock that would otherwise move readily into your own components!

Centuries in the last couple of decades, design and construction of mountain bike frames has advanced. The ones available today somehow resembles those that were ridden in the 1980s. Available in geometries and materials unimagined 2 decades ago are mountain bike frames. What you need is going to be a combination of your own body and your individual intentions. The bike you use for riding on level trails is different than the bike that's needed for riding high speed downhill rides. Different bikes should also be used for riding a boulder strewn pathway and riding a path where you can avoid going over rocks. You need to determine what it is you enjoy before you shop for a mountain bike.

Mountain bike frames spend a lot of time on roads these days, too. Most of the bikes seen around town seem to be mountain bikes or some hybrid of the mountain bike. Mountain bikes are made for comfort, and this is a fact. What they add to genuine off-road riding (shock absorption, easy gearing, and responsive handling) may be essential but what they add to street riding (shock absorption, easy gearing, and responsive handling) is no less appreciated by the casual rider. Mountain bike riders can be found on most long, multi-day road tours. You will not, probably, find these riders among the front pack though: a mountain bike frame is not made for efficient road usage, even if it does add comfort.

You can get a mountain bike frame that's good for you either online or at a bike store as long as you know the usage requirements and your size, but before buying one the different frame geometries make even more important. Frequently drastically skewed on today's mountain bike frames is the traditional triangular structure of a road bike and it renders the triangle almost unrecognizable. As a rider, you have your own physique, strengths, and preferences and shopping at a good bike store will put you in touch with bike professionals who can recommend the right geometry for you.




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