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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 ...
Best Overall: Continental Grand Prix 5000 All-Season TR. Best Value: Continental Grand Prix 5000 Clincher. Best Racing Tire: Vittoria Corsa Pro. Best Training Tire: Continental Gator Hardshell ...
Hoosier Racing Tire [44] USA: 1957 Hoosier: Hutchinson SNC [45] France: 1957 Hutchinson Tires Inoue Rubber [46] Japan: 1926 IRC Tires Kelani Tyres Sri Lanka: 1990 CEAT [47] Kenda Rubber [48] Taiwan: 1962 Kenda, Kenda radial Kumho Tires [49] [50] South Korea: 1960 Admiral, Marshal, Kumho, Zetum, Trailfinder [51] Madras Rubber Factory [52] India ...
Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team: Discipline: Mountain bike racing: Role: Rider: Rider type: Cross-country: Professional teams; 2006– Swisspower MTB Team: 2014: Orica–GreenEDGE [3] Major wins; Mountain bike Olympic Games XC World XC Championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015–2019, 2021, 2022) European XC Championships (2020) National XC ...
Schwalbe Tires is a brand name of Ralf Bohle GmbH, [1] a German manufacturer [2] of pneumatic tires for bicycles [3] and wheelchairs. Schwalbe produces a wide range of tires for different cycling applications, but is best known for its commuting, touring and utility tires such as the Marathon range.
Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or ' cross) is a form of bicycle racing.Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5 km or 1.5–2 mile) course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike ...
Merida Big Seven mountain bike with Schwalbe Racing Ralph 27.5″ tires. 27.5 mountain bikes are mountain bikes which use a large volume tire that is approximately 27.5 inches in diameter, 56 mm wide (ISO 56-584 / 27.5 × 2.25) on an ISO 584 mm rim.
The 2014 UCI rules limit events to distances between 60 km (37 mi) and 160 km (99 mi). Almost all of the participants are elite professional mountain bike racers. There is an annual world championship event, the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships. The races can be run over as a single or multi-lap course, however, the course cannot ...