Comment on Every part on a bicycle is safety criticalparentComments−cenamus1yAnd "the best" for those people is definitely not a mountain bike. But I'm sure it's the same factor as for SUVs, it looks cool and is big and scary. Pretty much everyone would be better off with a citybike and a decent geartrain + wheels−david-gpu1yHorses for courses. The sort of person riding a high end mountain bike is not using it to buy groceries in the city.
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And "the best" for those people is definitely not a mountain bike. But I'm sure it's the same factor as for SUVs, it looks cool and is big and scary. Pretty much everyone would be better off with a citybike and a decent geartrain + wheels
Horses for courses. The sort of person riding a high end mountain bike is not using it to buy groceries in the city.