Downhill mountain biking is a discipline for advanced riders that involves racing bikes down rough, technical singletrack at high speeds over obstacles like rocks and drops. Popular downhill competitions take place in locations like Utah, Chile, Italy, and the Netherlands. Downhill bikes have a slack geometry and long front and rear suspension travel of 200mm or more for stability over rough terrain. Riders wear full-face helmets and other protective gear like body armor to protect against impacts during high speed downhill runs.
Downhill mountain biking is a discipline for advanced riders that involves racing bikes down rough, technical singletrack at high speeds over obstacles like rocks and drops. Popular downhill competitions take place in locations like Utah, Chile, Italy, and the Netherlands. Downhill bikes have a slack geometry and long front and rear suspension travel of 200mm or more for stability over rough terrain. Riders wear full-face helmets and other protective gear like body armor to protect against impacts during high speed downhill runs.
Downhill mountain biking is a discipline for advanced riders that involves racing bikes down rough, technical singletrack at high speeds over obstacles like rocks and drops. Popular downhill competitions take place in locations like Utah, Chile, Italy, and the Netherlands. Downhill bikes have a slack geometry and long front and rear suspension travel of 200mm or more for stability over rough terrain. Riders wear full-face helmets and other protective gear like body armor to protect against impacts during high speed downhill runs.
discipline designed for the advanced and extreme riders whose loves speed brings them blazing down the roughest singletrack over rocks, massive drops and root sections or urban tracks.
COMPETITIONS The
most popular competitions are:
Rampage, Red bull (UTAH)
Valparaiso (CHILE)
Super Downhill world series (ITALY)
Mountain of hell (NETHERLANDS)
Downieville (CALIFORMIA)
BICYCLE
The downhill bikes usually have a slacker geometry,
longer rear and front travels ( bigger rotors in the disc brakes for the added stability and control which the discipline demand). The front travel for the downhill bikes is typically 200mm or 203mm.
EQUIPMENT
The raider need use full-face helmets are a
must coupled with goggles to block out rock deflections and dirt from the eyes. Its recommended to wear additional body armor such a chest an back plates like the motocross.