The 10 best things on a mountain bike
By: Fuad B
Tags: Biking, Mountains, Cycling, Mountain Biking

Here are 10 reasons that show that there is no better sport than your beloved MTB bike.

Surely we all know exactly why we are on a mountain bike, but we have decided to put it on the screen once and for all. Here are our 10 reasons to go out on a mountain bike.

1. The bike You do not need to have a high-end carbon fiber machine; any cheap two-wheeler mountain bike can help you to travel five times the distance you would have walked on the same type of terrain. Whether to go to the store next door to buy milk or to take a nine-hour tour, riding a bike is always better.

2. Compete

Even before they invented the mountain bike, there were racing bikes to climb mountains. In this sport, which was born in the 70s in California, it was about seeing who was the fastest down the slopes. That has been improving up to the incredible show that we can see today in the UCI World Cup events .

Check out the final race of the season in Méribel , in which Josh Bryceland secured the title while the legend, Sam Hill, was reborn and took the final triumph in a phenomenal race. There is no simpler sport: it is about being the fastest to go from point A to point B.

3. The freak

To be a true sport you need geeks, or at least the opportunity to become one of them. Modern mountain bikes give you all the options: either by adjusting the suspension or by silencing the chain, it is good to be a geek. Just make sure to put your Allen keys always in the same order.

4. Joe Barnes During the last years it seems that things are getting serious on the mountain bike. Joe Barnes is the exception that confirms the rule. Whether it’s the Enduro World Series , the Dudes of Hazzards video web series or the incredible Madship Mrk.III, Joe is on a bike as we would all like.

5. The curves

The jumps are for the shows and the curves for the pros! Each curve is different and the art of changing direction on a bike is one of the most satisfying things in the world. Surely.

The jumps are for the shows and the curves for the pros!

6. Internet

Where are you reading this now? It’s scary, huh! Not really, but hey, leave aside the socio-political impact that the internet can have and focus on the last video that gives you the batteries to take the bike and hit the pedal.

7. Dig

You do not have to be like Dan Atherton when he digs an incredible track in Wales. Simply by cleaning the track and preparing it in the forest, we will already have the feeling of having a greater connection with the environment in which we are going to ride a bike. Once we are connected, then concentrate on going down that track as quickly as possible.

8. The Rampage

The annual pilgrimage to the lands of Utah has left its mark and shows everything that is possible to do on a mountain bike. Runners and freeriders meet under the scorching sun to make history and make the impossible possible. It is one of those events that go beyond sport itself, reaching a huge audience to amaze.

9. The slopestyle

Thanks to the FMB World Tour and the success of events such as the Crankworx Festival, Freeride has come up with a model for a viable progressive and commercial future for slopestyle. The tricks that competitors are doing today are incredible, and a few years ago were considered as tricks that could only be seen in video games.

10. Find new lines

Whether it’s following your partner’s back wheel or just trying something different, finding a new and faster line on a track you already knew well is always exciting. Sometimes it’s a bit depressing, since you’ve been doing the same thing for a long time, but when you get over it you enjoy going faster.