Mountain bikes are familiar and strange to many riders. Many of them are familiar with many cars. The first car to enter a pits is a mountain bike. What's strange is that many of them don't have a deep understanding of mountain bikes. What is DH? What is soft tail? Why are there so many mountain cars? Today, let the small editor to answer the doubts in the heart, this article is facing the small white users, welcome the old driver to point out the shortage.

The earliest definition of mountain bikes is relatively simple, that is, bicycles used on mountain roads are generally divided into two kinds: hard tails (with shock-absorbing front forks, no rear shocks) and soft tails, that is, all shockproof vehicles, with or without shocks. Later, with the more richness of the gameplay of the mountain cars and more and more people's needs, many types of cars were subdivided.

1.XC (cross-country mountain bike, Cross Country)

This is the basic section of the mountain bike. It is very good in cross-country ability and good at climbing. It is suitable for outskirts, undulating roads and mountain paths. XC models include simple hard tailings and small travel soft tails. The structure is simple and the threshold is low. It is suitable for mountain Che Xiaobai users. In addition, the price of the XC model is relative to the people, so it is also the first choice for a lot of small white users to contact sports bicycles.

2.Trail (forest road mountain bike)

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The forest road car can be regarded as the advanced model of XC. It has a short stroke full shock structure. It is suitable for forest and mountain pavement. It has certain requirements for riding skills. Many amateur players choose the road car, on the one hand it can experience the pleasure of the mountain car conquest of obstacles, on the other hand, the difficulty is moderate.

3.AM (all terrain mountain bike, All Mountain)

The AM car has a longer shock trip, and it can be applied to the more rugged road conditions, such as the mountain technical road, through a larger drop. Compared with other mountain bikes, the AM can not only climb steep slopes, but also carry out difficult downgrades. The comprehensive performance is excellent, which can meet the needs of most mountain bike players. But if you want to master a certain AM riding technology, you need more skills and experience.

4.Enduro

Enduro is a very popular mountain car event in recent years, emphasizing the combination of physical and cycling technology, long distance race, also known as the endurance race in the mountain bike. Enduro track mostly downhill, including small fly packages and bends are numerous, so Enduro and AM are similar to the whole vehicle. At present, there is no unified conclusion about the relationship between AM and Enduro, but Enduro has exclusive EWS (Enduro World Series) system, and the major manufacturers also have Enduro models, so this is a special introduction.

5.FR (free ride on a mountain bike, Free Ride)

FR means free riding. The typical play includes the big drop, the high difficulty and so on. It is the most powerful and exciting mountain car, the famous Red Bull crash. FR is pursuing the challenge of downhill and obstacles, the pursuit of difficult routes and actions, and the construction of the site requires the possibility of safety by artificial Xiu Jiancai. FR models have an ultra long stroke system, which is roughly the same as the DH model to be introduced below.

6.DH (downhill mountain biking, Down Hill)

DH can be said to be the heaviest thing in the mountain car, including steep slopes, flying jumps and sprints, and high requirements for vehicles and skills. DH vehicle head tube angle is smaller and has long stroke, there are a variety of unique design of the rear suspension system is to allow the driver to maintain good driveability in high speed downhill, frame and front fork and brakes for high-speed components are decreased and the road impact made a special design. DH models belong to the small market, but many of them use DH models in FR.