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Cross Country Mountain Biking
Cross country mountain biking is cross country at its finest.
Where free riders and downhill bikers use four wheel bikes and
ski lifts to get them to their destination, cross country bikers
get to the top of the mountain by the ride. Though free riding
is very popular, the life vein of the sport has always been
cross country biking.
Just as cross country riders are a different breed, the bikes
they ride are as well. The cross country bike is completely
different in many ways from other types of mountain riding
bikes. The premise for cross country riders is speed. Everything
about their bikes revolve with the idea of making the bikes
faster and faster.
Bikes used in cross country mountain biking can be fully rigid
frame, hard tails, or even full suspension frames. Through the
years, the cross over to full suspension has become very
popular.
The weight difference between free ride bikes and cross country
bikes are considerable. You'll be extremely hard pressed to find
a bike that weighs more than 24 pounds, and even that weight can
be heavy. Free ride bikes weigh close to 40 pounds, which makes
the difference in weight pretty close.
If you've never tried cross country mountain biking, you'll
probably find it to be a break from the ordinary. Even though
this type of biking involves trails, it's normally the type of
terrain that beginners wouldn't want to ride. Involving hills
and rough terrain, cross country biking offers quite the rush.
For mountain bikers everywhere, cross country is the way to go.
It offers you a new assortment of bikes, new areas to bike, and
a new twist to mountain biking as you know it. If you've been
looking for a mountain biking rush, cross country mountain
biking is what you need to be experiencing.