Mountain Bikes

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... 

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... 

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. This was in the now famous Marin County and one of these men decided to make a BMX with bigger wheels and try to find... 

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. Today’s review is based on just a couple... 

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... 

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. The differences between... 

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. The...