What You Should Bring With You Mountain Biking
Mountain biking is extremely popular with all age groups and all over the world. There are many websites where you can find tips and advise on what equipment to buy and what bike to ride to help you get started at mountain bike riding but before you go full steam ahead and go out for a ride on your mountain bike you should give some serious consideration as to what equipment to bring with you for your ride, after all you may be out for a long ride and be many miles away from home. So what equipment should you bring with you when you go out mountain bike riding?
Making sure that you have the energy to go out for a bike ride is important, you may feel full of energy when you set off but when you get twenty five miles down the road it may be a different story so you should always make sure that you have a plentiful supply of food and drink with you before you set off. A cycling drinks bottle full of an energy drink, a few cereal energy bars and a few energy gels should be plenty to keep you going for a few hours in the saddle.
Having the correct equipment with you to make sure that you can deal with mechanical problems is also very important before you set out for your ride. The main mechanical issue that you will probably encounter is getting a puncture. These are easily fixed if you have the correct equipment, a set of tyre levers, a pump, spare inner tubes, puncture repair kit ands possibly a spare tyre.
Many people think that carrying a spare tyre is a little extreme but if you are out riding and you damage the side wall of your mountain bike tyre on a rock or tree stump you will not be able to repair it with a puncture repair kit. For this reason I always recommend that you carry a very good quality lightweight folding mountain bike tyre with you when you ride. The Maxxis Ignitor is the perfect example of this. The Maxxis Ignitor folds small enough and is light enough to fit into a back pack or the rear pocket of a cycling jersey without over loading you. The Maxxis Ignitor also copes well with all types of terrain so you can be confident that it will not let you down when out on a ride no matter where you are.
Finally I would always suggest making sure that you have a waterproof cycling jacket with you when you are out riding. many a good ride has been ruined when the heavens have opened and soaked a rider, as well as this not having a waterproof with you in a rain storm is a sure fire way to catch a cold.
So in summary above I have detailed the items that I would always recommend that you have with you when going out for a ride on your mountain bike.
For more info on Maxxis Ignitor tyres please visit our site -
http://www.thebiketyre.co.uk/
Please feel free to republish this article provided a working hyperlink remains to our site
Harwood E. Woodpecker
Making sure that you have the energy to go out for a bike ride is important, you may feel full of energy when you set off but when you get twenty five miles down the road it may be a different story so you should always make sure that you have a plentiful supply of food and drink with you before you set off. A cycling drinks bottle full of an energy drink, a few cereal energy bars and a few energy gels should be plenty to keep you going for a few hours in the saddle.
Having the correct equipment with you to make sure that you can deal with mechanical problems is also very important before you set out for your ride. The main mechanical issue that you will probably encounter is getting a puncture. These are easily fixed if you have the correct equipment, a set of tyre levers, a pump, spare inner tubes, puncture repair kit ands possibly a spare tyre.
Many people think that carrying a spare tyre is a little extreme but if you are out riding and you damage the side wall of your mountain bike tyre on a rock or tree stump you will not be able to repair it with a puncture repair kit. For this reason I always recommend that you carry a very good quality lightweight folding mountain bike tyre with you when you ride. The Maxxis Ignitor is the perfect example of this. The Maxxis Ignitor folds small enough and is light enough to fit into a back pack or the rear pocket of a cycling jersey without over loading you. The Maxxis Ignitor also copes well with all types of terrain so you can be confident that it will not let you down when out on a ride no matter where you are.
Finally I would always suggest making sure that you have a waterproof cycling jacket with you when you are out riding. many a good ride has been ruined when the heavens have opened and soaked a rider, as well as this not having a waterproof with you in a rain storm is a sure fire way to catch a cold.
So in summary above I have detailed the items that I would always recommend that you have with you when going out for a ride on your mountain bike.
For more info on Maxxis Ignitor tyres please visit our site -
http://www.thebiketyre.co.uk/
Please feel free to republish this article provided a working hyperlink remains to our site
Harwood E. Woodpecker
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