All Parts Of A Mountain Bike

This is where we start to look at the mountain bike parts that separate an average bike from a good one.

All parts of a mountain bike.

There is no need to memorize all of this at once you can come back to this article and refresh your memory about these bike components at any stage. Then put all the parts together. Here are all the parts you ll need to consider. Now we re down the nuts and bolts.

A bike frame is essentially a grouping of metal tubes that have been welded together to create a cohesive body. Obviously a mountain bike is made up from hundreds of parts ranging from washers to the frame itself. A frame consists of six basic parts. The job of a derailleur is to push the chain from one cog to the next.

1 the disc component of a disc brake. To keep things simple we have limited our guide to a few of the major components that make up your mountain bike. Together with the seat tube the seat stay and chain stay make up the rear triangle of the frame. This guide to mountain bike is here to assist you in getting to know your mtb parts whilst trying to avoid jargon.

Parts of a. 2 another name for a detangler a device that allows the handlebars and fork to revolve indefinitely without tangling the rear brake cable. Mountain bike build checklist summary. Frame hardtail dual suspension or fat bike.

Rod mountain bike rod holds the cranks and the pedals. The three tubes form the main triangle of your mountain bike s frame being the top down and seat tubes. Used to apply brakes in order for the bicycle to slow down or suddenly stop. Taking a look at these parts the names become rather obvious.

Cranks mountain bike cranks holds the chain rings and chains which make the mountain bike move. In our case parts are usually called components so you ll normally hear people talking about. As you can see it has four major parts the top tube down tube seat tube and head tube. Choose wheel size current industry standard is 29.

That part of a wheel to which the tire is attached and often forms part of the braking mechanism. Frame material can be aluminum steel carbon or even a combination. Three tubes two stays and one fork. Later we ll discuss each category in more detail.

Because many modern mountain bikes only have a single front chainring they have no need for a front derailleur and therefore do not come with one. Extension levers and interrupt brake levers.