The Specialized Stumpjumper, A Classic Mountain Bike
We haven't reviewed any Mountain Bikes for while here at Bike Cycling Reviews, so during an office discussion it turned out that we all liked and wanted, at one time or another, a Specialized Stumpjumper. The Stumpjumper is a Classic and you can buy it in so many different styles, Hardtail, Full Suspension and for full Retro style, the Stumpjumper Classic. There is a lot of bike from the Stumpjumper range!

Shimano's New XTR Groupset
The new Shimano M970 XTR groupset is on its way, its not in the shops yet, but will be soon, Bike Cycling Reviews can give you a slight glimpse into the future as we run through the new goodies that Shimano are about to release on a excited public. It's so new we might not be able to show you any photos.

Mountain Bike Reviews, Ratings and Parts
Mountain bikes are a fairly new invention, some guys in California were riding their bikes off road, the bikes were a mixture of road bike and BMX, no suspension and not many gears.

Trek 6500 Disc
TREK bicycles have been on the market for 30 years, so this brand name doesn't need any introduction at all. We all know that TREK offer a lifetime guarantee on their frame sets, that shows the reliability and confidence that TREK have in its products.

Trek Bike Frames, If You Have The Money, You Could Ride One Too.
Trek bike frames have won The Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Giro d'Italia and many other races, if you have the money, you could ride one too.

Mountain Bike Frames Materials And Designs
Mountain bike frames have evolved from a cross between road frames, BMX’s and cyclo-cross frames. The first bikes had normal calliper brakes, like on road and BMX bikes, then cantilever brakes were taken from cyclo-cross, so bosses had to be welded on to the forks and seat stays and after that disc brakes had to have fittings lower down on the frame, gears also had to have special fittings welded on the frame.

Bicycle Forks, More Than Just Hold Your Front Wheel.
There are road bike forks and mountain bike forks, for road bikes you can have steel, alloy or carbon forks and they can be straight or with a rake, which is a bend in the fork, the straight and the raked forks do the same thing, but the rake can give more of a comfortable ride.

Bicycle Cranks, Crank That Gear Round!
We all need cranks to push our bikes, steel, alloy or carbon, you have to have them. For a road bike they were always double chain sets with two chain rings, now more and more bikes are being fitted with triples, to get up those harder hills or just to take things a little easier.

Chain Rings, How Many Teeth Do You Have?
You will probably buy the chain rings for your bike with the crank set or the complete bike and maybe not have the choice of how many teeth you have on them. The thing to remember if you do have a choice is the bigger the amount of teeth the bigger the gear and less teeth for a smaller gear.

Bicycle Brakes, You Have To Stop Some Time
Bicycle brakes do slow you down, but you do need them some times, like when you're coming down a steep hill or going round a sharp bend. As with all bicycle equipment the brakes were made from steel and are now mostly made of alloy and the expensive ones have titanium and carbon bits and bolts.