Mountain Biking Gear, Apparel and Protection
Mountain bikers often wear long, baggy shorts for a few reasons. These shorts are designed to be comfortable and allow for a full range of motion while riding. The longer length and loose fit of the shorts helps to prevent them from riding up and chafing the skin, and the material used is typically lightweight and breathable, which helps to keep the rider cool and comfortable.
Off-road helmets in general, and Mountain bike helmets in particular, do have a distinct look. They’re easily recognizable from helmets used in any other cycling discipline due to a visor – coined as “peak”. This is basically a removable shield out of plastic or carbon attached to the front of the helmet. Straight-forward enough. But…
Road cycling gear is visibly different from mountain biking apparel. This is very obvious in the headgear for each of the biking disciplines. Although helmets are the primary choice for both, bikers seem to stick to their respective dedicated kit. It may be for appearance and for safety, but either way, it’s true: MTB helmets…
Wearing the right mountain biking gear and equipment is recommended not only for adequate protection and safety but also to look stylish while doing it. But not any gear will have you look stylish. So, if you are the type of rider to value how you look on and off the mountain bike, you may…
The hip pack vs hydration backpack argument seems to be debated among mountain bikers regularly. And for good reason. Both options are widespread and offer great options for carrying tools, fuel and hydration. Having been in the backpack crowd for more than a decade, I recently had a peek over at alternatives to alleviate my…
