Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Mountain biking (abbr. MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, such as air or coil-sprung shocks used as suspension, larger and wider wheels and tires, stronger frame materials ...
Mountain biking, or a mountain bike. [7] A cyclist is given a musette (ca. 1925 - 1940). Musette Small lightweight cotton shoulder bag, containing food and drink given to riders in a feed zone during a cycle race. The bag is designed so that it can be easily grabbed by a moving rider.
2020 full suspension mountain bike. A mountain bike (MTB [1]) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which often makes them heavier, more complex and less efficient on smooth surfaces. [2]
Mount Afadja, Ghana's highest peak, is often referred to as 'Mount Afadjato', which means 'Mount Afadja Mountain', 'To' being the Ewe word for 'Mountain'. Ewe is the main language spoken in the area surrounding the peak. Mount Fujiyama, Japan (Mount Fuji Mountain – English/Japanese; Yama means mountain)
Cyclists in the 2021 Giro d'Italia race OP Grand Prix, a one-hour cycling competition in Porvoo, Finland, on June 11th 2005. The first bicycle race is popularly held to have been a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) race on the 31 May 1868 at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. [2]
Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. [1] Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a time trial against the clock.
The 26-inch wheel size initially used in mountain biking has all but died off at the top level of cross-country racing, with 29″ wheels becoming the norm and 650b wheels being used occasionally. 650b wheels are 584 mm diameter wheels, and approximately 27.5″ with a mounted tire, hence their more common name, "27.5 inch wheels."
Mountain biking in the Julian Alps, Slovenia There are long-distance routes throughout Europe, including some through the Swiss Alps that involve crossing high Alpine passes . [ 16 ] There are also extensive routes through France that include both steep, rocky, alpine terrain and minor country roads or off-road on a variety of surfaces, from ...