In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, mountain biking is referenced by 2,108 other articles, and connects out to compass, mountain bike and cyclo-cross.
It is catalogued under topics including Adventure travel, Cycle sport and Mountain biking.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Highest governing body
- UCI
- First played
- Open to debate. The modern era began in the late 1970s
- Mixed sex
- Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men.
- Olympic
- Since 1996
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hobby
- Subclass of
- cycle sport
- Image
- MtnBiking SedonaMag.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Mountain biking
- topic's main category
- Category:Mountain biking
- uses
- mountain bike
- different from
- Category:Gravel cycling
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Pictogram for Cycling at the Summer Olympics
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, and mechanically or hydraulically actuated disc brakes. Mountain biking can generally be broken down into distinct categories: cross country, trail, all mountain, enduro, downhill and freeride.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mountain biking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.