Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off road, often over a rough terrain, whether a specially equipped mountain bike or a hybrid road bike. Most mountain bikes share similar characteristics that underscore durability or performance in rough terrain. The durability factor means a far heavier bicycle weight to rider ratio than the regular road bikes.

Mountain biking has been broken down into 4 catagories roughly:

-Cross Country

-Downhill

-Free Ride

-Trials/Street Riding

Each of these have different levels of difficulty and different needs when it comes to riding gear.

This sport requires endurance, bike handling skills, and self-reliance. Mountain biking is, in some aspects, similar to trail running, and since it is often done so far from civilization it really requires extreme self-endurance. Riders learn to repair bikes and fix flat tires to avoid being stranded miles from civilation.^[1]  I think this helps with many aspects of health such as mental, physical, and for some emotional and spiritual. The first way is clearly physical because of all the work you do pedaling and such. The other ways are