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This article throws light on the most prominent confusion that one goes through when buying a mountain bike. That is, whether to buy a bike with suspension or without suspension. If you are the one among them, this article throws light on the pros and cons of mountain bike suspensions and is meant just for you.

Be it car or bike they take you to your destination. There are certain factors which make you more comfortable with cars than with bikes. The same is the case with mountain bikes, be it bikes with suspension or without suspension they both take you to your destination. However the bikes with suspension cost you more than the one without suspension.

You will not understand the difference between them unless you experience a ride with each one. You might go to a showroom to buy a bike with suspension. You will be confused to hear the dealer questioning about if you want a bike with front suspension, back suspension or both. Now what’s the difference again? Simple the more equipped a bike is the higher skills it needs and even higher amount of energy it requires on the side of the rider. If you notice high end users and professional mountain bikers they use only bikes with front suspensions because they need less energy of the rider when compared to the bikes with both suspensions.

If you ride on both the bikes one after the other, you will notice that the bike with dual suspension took more energy for you to reach your destination. Rather if you notice the bike with only front suspension gave you comfort to the same extent as the dual one moreover it absorbed the jerks and shock as the dual one did but took lesser energy on your side. It left helped you reach the same destination with same comfort but with lesser energy surfing.  The higher the cost of the bike usually it will mean the higher the quality of the suspension fitted (in very generic terms), it is thought that eliminating the bounce produced by pedalling and therefore energy loss is of paramount importance of a full suspension bike, the more expensive the bike is, in theory the more efficient the bike should be in turning the pedalling motion into forward propulsion.

Look for quality of the suspension system upon the cost. Or we can say go and buy a bike with excellent front suspension system rather than putting the same amount of money in buying a dual suspension bike of lower quality in the same money. Good luck

Adam Peters is the editor of many articles on mountain bike suspension published at http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com .More articles on dual suspension bicycles and cycling at his web.

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So, you’ve decided to get a used mountain bike, but are having trouble choosing between a hardtail or a full suspension mountain bike. Of course, the debate between hardtail and full suspension mountain bikes has raged on for a very long time, but there are some important issues to consider when it comes to buying a used bike.

In fact, buying used really does affect the way you approach the whole full suspension vs. hardtail issue. To help understand this, let’s talk about the basic differences between full suspension and hardtail bikes, and then look out how buying used can change the way you look at these differences.

 Let’s start off with the hardtails. Hardtails, as their name suggests, have no suspension in the rear. This makes for a lighter, simpler, and cheaper bike. A hard tail, all other things being equal, will be lighter and cheaper than a full suspension bike. Advocates of full suspension bikes would say no. Though adding a rear suspension system to a bike increases the weight and complexity quite noticeably, many argue that the increased smoothness of the ride makes them slightly more efficient in the long run. Of course, efficient or not, your body will thank you for choosing a smooth riding full suspension bike! However, all this comes at the cost of increased weight, complexity, and cost. Of course, the same differences shown above now apply, but now you have to consider different suspension technologies, how well the bike has been maintained, and more.

 A hardtail mountain bike is pretty basic, and really hasn’t changed all that much over the years. Full suspension bikes, on the other hand, are always evolving with technology. Suspension designs change, shocks get better, and the technology all changes very fast. This makes buying an older full suspension bike unattractive to many, since you might be buying to some very old technology that will seem very outdated. On the flip side, if you buy a hardtail, this won’t be much of an issue.

Another factor to consider is how well each bike has been maintained. Hardtails can take a lot of abuse, but full suspension designs need to be taken care of. Be on the lookout for this as you shop for your used mountain bike.

Whichever bike you choose, though, be assured that you can still have lots and lots of fun biking, no matter what kind of suspension you have.

David Wilson is the owner of Used Mountain Bikes. Visit today to get great deals on used Specialized mountain bikes and many more brands.  

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