Riding Your Mountain Bike On The Road

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Riding your mountain bike on the road. That s the end of chapter 1 mountain bike or road bike. To make your mountain bike better for riding on the road you need to reduce the factors that make your bike suitable off road. That said over time if you continue to ride on the road you ll notice s. Let s get one thing straight a mountain bike is designed and built for going off road and on the other side of the coin road bikes are totally designed for yep you guessed it riding on the road and you can get a full rundown on the different types of mountain bikes in my recent post mountain bike history and mountain bike types.

Suspension mountain bikes are built to absorb impact from rocks roots and the terrain. If your answer is mountain bike good stuff. As you ve guessed there s a bit variation in the types of trails you ll ride so there are still plenty of decisions to make. Ride the bike that you have there s no reason not to.

Frame most hybrid bike frames are made of lightweight aluminum or steel due to the strength and durability the materials offers and their relatively low price. Suspension tires gearing and position. In steel wired 29er x 2 35 form it weighs 1450g according to schwalbe. The next choice is what type of mountain bike.

If you already have a mountain bike swapping an off road tire for a road type commuting or touring tire can save a not inconsiderable amount of grams. Let s have a look. It s not like there is anything inherently dangerous or unsafe about riding a mountain bike on the road. The rims and spokes on hybrids are lighter too like a road bike since the assumption is that you won t be doing the rougher off road riding that mountain biking entails.

Best thought of as the halfway point between a road bike and a mountain bike a hybrid takes the comfy riding position of a mountain bike and pairs it with a lighter frame and fast rolling wheels.