Cycling is healthy, it can also play a role in reducing air pollution (global warming). Some have tried to promote this activity, mountain bike or mountain bike (MTB) is one kind of bike that can accommodate these needs, both for sports, school and work. For it is the purchase of a mountain bike, you should base their judgment on usability and functionality terrain to be traversed. Here are tips to buy a mountain bike:
Practical Tips on Buying a Mountain Bike (MTB)
1. About Type Bike Mount. There are several types of mountain bike you need to know before buying, Namely type Downhill (DH), freeride (FR), Dirtjump (DJ), Cross Country (XC) and All Mountain (AM). Selection of bike type should you customize the type of activity and character of mine would you've been through.
2. Join Community Forum Bike. To better understand the intricacies of the mountain bike, not hurt you first join a community with one of the bikes in your range, could be in the range of work, within the campus or online community forum on the internet. In the forum, you can listen, ask once asked all the advice and judgment of the intricacies of bike based on their hands-on experience, can you make a bike purchase policy
3. Purchase Custom or Full Bike Models. Both of these factors is usually the first step in purchasing a mountain bike, which each have advantages and disadvantages. With the purchase of a custom model, you can determine your own compiler components of your bike, such as the model frame, Crank type, type of shifter fork as well as his trademark. Your understanding of the bike is very necessary to detail here. For beginners who will use this purchase model, should require more understanding colleague companion (advance-level) details mountain bike, so the selection of components used can accurately and comfortably. Instead of purchasing model Full Bike, beginners not too turned the component items. Each brand usually has completed a bicycle unit that has been in customization (mix and match) fit standard factory, for example brand Giant, Specialized, KHS or Polygon. Thus its prices rise from low-end up high-end, with a price range of around 1.5 million s / d tens of millions of rupiah, depending customization compiler mountain bike components. Here you have a little jelly, watching the details of its components, especially on the shifter, and Crank breaker. Do not hesitate to try to drive it (test-drive) before buying to make sure a combination of these components were comfortable and suitable to you.
4. Purchase Second Hand (Second-Hand). Not just a car or motorbike, mountain bike can also be purchased via second-hand (second-hand). It earned second-hand mountain bike is not easy as second-hand car / motor. buy of this model is broad and forward network. Your community network utilized to obtain the information. Because usually publish second hand mountain bike sale on chat from-mouth-to-mouth. You have to be patient in hunting second-hand mountain bike, remember not every day that people sell bikes mountains. The middle path is often beaten by buying components for components that are sold second-hand separately, for then you and your raft merged into one unit rentals. Some components such as the mountain bike frame, Crank full even second hand bike type is also often offered through the Internet, both in show room at home and abroad. Purchase this model very suitable for your budget.
5. Price Comparator. Once you are confident with the type of mountain bike you drill, do not rush into buying. Try to find some good price comparator through some shops in your city or browsing through the internet.
