| When you look into the sport of mountain biking, you | | | | mountain biking. The first is that you race against an |
| soon realize that there are quite a few different | | | | opponent and the second is that you race against time. |
| variations involved. From relaxing scenic mountain trails | | | | When you choose to enter races where you race an |
| to challenging cross-country riding and to the more | | | | opponent, it is known as a dual slalom. You set off at |
| extreme downhill racing; all are popular with thousands | | | | the same time as your opponent and you have to |
| of people worldwide. Downhill biking in particular is | | | | race them to the bottom to the finish line. When you |
| proving to be popular and there have been many | | | | race against time you usually take part in the same |
| people who have chosen to specialize purely in | | | | course twice at least. You see which one is your best |
| downhill biking. | | | | time out of the two races and from that you see |
| Why Downhill Mountain Biking? | | | | whether you have qualified to the next round. |
| The main reason why most people choose to take | | | | No matter which type of downhill racing you do take |
| part in downhill mountain biking is because it really gets | | | | part in, you should always wear protective gear. This |
| the adrenaline pumping. You go at extreme speeds | | | | helps to protect you in case you do fall off the bike. |
| downhill and you also take part in various tricks and | | | | However as downhill mountain biking is a potential |
| jumps too. It is certainly not a sport for the beginner | | | | danger to the whole body, it is not possible to protect |
| and the chance of having an accident is extremely | | | | every single part of yourself. So there is always the |
| high. Whilst you may not pedal as much in downhill | | | | risk of injury even if you have got the right protection |
| biking, due to the high speeds involved, when you do | | | | on. |
| pedal it makes the sport even more dangerous. The | | | | Overall as long as you wear the right protection you |
| reasons why downhill bikers choose to pedal even | | | | will have a lesser risk of hurting yourself. However you |
| though it may seem that they don't need to, is to gain | | | | can never fully guarantee that you won't get hurt and |
| an advantage over their opponents. | | | | that is why downhill biking is such an extreme and |
| There are two things which could happen in downhill | | | | dangerous sport to take part in. |