| By Mr.Andrew Caxton | | | | paved roads or riding in cross country biking are |
| Mountain biking is a thrilling and exciting sport and | | | | completely ignorant. Downhill biking involves high |
| downhill mountain biking is one such activity which is | | | | stress levels and the biker has to constantly keep |
| extremely dangerous and can be life threatening. | | | | control using his bikes rear and front suspension while |
| Downhill Biking enthusiasts who have experienced this | | | | simultaneously trying to balance himself and the bike. |
| activity are well aware of the dangers it involves as | | | | Bikes used for downhill mountain biking have sturdy |
| well as the joy and high it offers. They also know | | | | frames and are thus heavier with the weights of |
| that safety gears and precautions are the best | | | | such bikes ranging from eighty to hundred kilos. |
| shields while embarking on a downhill mountain biking | | | | Bikers aiming to participate in downhill mountain biking |
| course. The sport of Mountain biking began as an | | | | have to make themselves mentally and physically |
| ordinary sport where people living in geographic | | | | prepared to face the hardships associated with this |
| locations suitable for such races took up this as their | | | | activity. This is mainly because the biker has to start |
| pastime and later as their passion. However over the | | | | the race from the top of the hill and his physical |
| years, this sport has generated a huge fan following | | | | energy is not required to pedal downhill but to |
| and despite of the major challenges and dangers that | | | | maintain his body and bike's balance on the tricky |
| the sport poses, bikers are not ready to quit. Today | | | | slope. This is physically demanding and its important |
| this sport is termed as an extreme sport and for | | | | that all safety gears and precautions are taken much |
| justifiable reasons. Mountain biking gives bikers the | | | | in advance. Bikers who have experienced the thrill |
| adrenaline high that they desire and which they | | | | and high of downhill mountain biking are always game |
| experience while doing difficult stunts and races. | | | | to participate and care less for the risks involved. |
| Mountain biking - a sport similar to snow skiing Those | | | | Downhill mountain biking is dangerous as the downhill |
| who are aware and have experienced the thrill of | | | | trails are difficult, dangerous and the bike can jump |
| snow skiing on icy slopes will have a little idea about | | | | almost to forty feet while coming downhill. Difficult |
| the excitement of mountain biking. Downhill mountain | | | | trails excite downhill bikers and nothing can stop their |
| biking is a popular form of mountain biking activity | | | | eagerness to try such trails, not even the risk of |
| where the biker rides downhill on his mountain bike. | | | | injury or fatalities. However such bikers know the |
| On his way down, the biker gets constantly airborne | | | | importance of using safety gears like helmet, elbow |
| and has to balance himself and the bike while trailing | | | | and knee pads, body suits etc. since these can |
| down the rough trails. However the thought of this | | | | ensure atleast some amount of safety against fatal |
| high is enough to excite the biker to participate in | | | | falls. |
| such extreme downhill races. Mountain Biking is a | | | | Andrew Caxton is a consultant who writes on many |
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