Mountain Bike - Designs

Designs

Mountain bikes can be classified into four categories based on suspension:

  • Rigid: A frame with a rigid fork and fixed rear, no suspension.
  • Hardtail: A frame with a front suspension fork and no rear suspension.
  • Soft tail: A frame with small amount of rear suspension, activated by flex of the frame instead of pivots.
  • Dual or full suspension: A front suspension fork and rear suspension with a rear shock and linkage that allow the rear wheel to move on pivots.

Read more about this topic:  Mountain Bike

Famous quotes containing the word designs:

    My own thoughts
    Are my companions; my designs and labors
    And aspirations are my only friends.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

    I have no designs on society, or nature, or God. I am simply what I am, or I begin to be that. I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future. I love to live.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms.
    Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)