Mountain bikes are produced to be used off the road although a lot of them are actually used on the roads. These specially designed bikes are used for cycling on unpaved ways, trails, uneven roads, declining paths and off road tracks to name a few of the uses. The tires of the various designs of mountain bikes are designed to be able to withstand traction and absorb the shock of the terrain. The rims of the tires on most mountain bikes are about five hundred and fifty nine millimeters in size. There are some exceptional cases where bar ends are built into the bike and these bars are able to provide an extra amount of easiness when you are trying to climb up a hill.

There is an array of different suspension that can be featured on the mountain bikes and these include the rigid suspension, full suspension, dull suspension and soft tail suspension. The rigid design of suspension actually means that the bike does not have any suspension and the frame tends to have a rigid fork and the rear is fixed. The soft tail suspension bike has a very small amount of suspension and these are activated flexible and do not feature pivots. The bikes that feature hard tail suspension means that there is no rear suspension but the frame will feature a front suspension fork.

The dull and full suspension will mean that the bike will have rear suspension and it will feature front suspension and rear shock. These bikes will also feature linkage and this will enable the back wheel top be moved on pivots.

There is an array of different types of mountain biking and this includes cross country biking, downhill biking, trail biking and also all day endurance. The cross-country bikes feature light front suspension and back suspension. This style of bike tends to be made from a lightweight frame that is constructed.