| Cross country mountain biking is cross country at its | | | | considerable. You'll be extremely hard pressed to find |
| finest. Where free riders and downhill bikers use four | | | | a bike that weighs more than 24 pounds, and even |
| wheel bikes and ski lifts to get them to their | | | | that weight can be heavy. Free ride bkes weigh close |
| destination, cross country bikers get to the top of | | | | to 40 pounds, which makes the difference in weight |
| the mountain by the ride. | | | | pretty close. |
| Though free riding is very popular, the life vein of the | | | | If you've never tried cross country mountain biking, |
| sport has always been cross country biking. Just as | | | | you'll probably find it to be a break from the ordinary. |
| cross country riders are a different breed, the bikes | | | | Even though this type of biking involves trails, it's |
| they ride are as well. The cross country bike is | | | | normally the type of terrain that beginners wouldn't |
| completely different in many ways from other types | | | | want to ride. Involving hills and rough terrain, cross |
| of mountain riding bikes. The premise for cross | | | | country biking offers quite the rush. |
| country riders is speed. Everything about their bikes | | | | For mountain bikers everywhere, cross country is the |
| revolve with the idea of making the bikes faster and | | | | way to go. It offers you a new assortment of bikes, |
| faster. Bikes used in cross country mountain biking | | | | new areas to bike, and a new twist to mountain |
| can be fully rigid frame, hardtails, or even full | | | | biking as you know it. |
| suspension frames. | | | | If you've been looking for a mountain biking rush, |
| Through the years, the cross over to full suspension | | | | cross country mountain biking is what you need to |
| has become very popular. The weight difference | | | | be experiencing. |
| between free ride bikes and cross country bikes are | | | | |