| If you don't have a bike and thinking about getting one | | | | seat, with a lot of padding. If you want ultra comfort, |
| but couldn't decide which is the proper one, now it is | | | | order your bike with a bigger seat with springs. |
| time to decide what kind of biking you plan to do. | | | | 26-inch mountain bikes are smaller than touring bikes |
| Would you like to take a relaxing ride or go on riding | | | | and more suited to harsh surfaces. The wheels are |
| through the red rocks of southern Utah? By deciding | | | | smaller and the fork is straighter to provide a better |
| now how the bike will be used, you'll be able to buy the | | | | steering response. They are often sold with |
| bike best suited to your purpose. | | | | suspension which is great for ironing out all the bumps. |
| There are two types of bikes. One is 28-inch-tire | | | | So if you prefer riding through forests on isolated deer |
| mountain-touring bike and the other is 26-inch traditional | | | | trails or riding on bumpy surfaces, you may consider |
| mountain bike. | | | | 26-inch mountain bikes. |
| 28-inch touring bike is low-impact mountain bike, | | | | Once you've decided the type of mountain bike, go to |
| designed for riding on paved or smooth dirt roads or | | | | local bike shop and take a test ride. After you |
| campground trails. You can ride on roads in national | | | | narrowed your choices, ask the clerk if you can take |
| forests and parks, gentle trails and dirt roads. If you'd | | | | the bike out and ride it. Is the seat too hard, too narrow |
| like to bike and camp but you're not up to hard and | | | | or just right? How does the bike steer? Does it seem |
| bumpy terrain, touring is the way go and you might | | | | to turn too fast, too slow? Do you feel well balanced? |
| consider a mountain-touring bike. | | | | After you've spent some time riding several different |
| Another feature of the 28-inch touring bike is the larger | | | | bikes, buy the bike that feels the most natural to you. |