mountain bike
nounDefinition of mountain bike
: an all-terrain bicycle with wide knobby tires, straight handlebars, and typically 18 to 21 gears
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Happy Valley police had seized the $700 mountain bike when officers arrested him Thursday and booked him into the Clackamas County Jail on suspicion of trespassing. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon man arrested while seeking bike return from police," 5 June 2019 Rocky, steep trail with stepped boulders and drop-offs not suited for mountain bikes or horses. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "California kids connect on a world-class Trinity-Divide hike," 19 July 2019 Visitors can hike or mountain bike on five miles of trails, and picnic in two areas. — Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, "You can get to these 10 unique road trip destinations from Indy in 5 hours or less," 3 July 2019 Courtney won the 2018 cross-country mountain bike world title a year after graduating from Stanford. — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, "With surfing and skateboarding added to Games, Tokyo Olympics will carry a California flavor," 24 July 2019 A decade later, mountain bikes renewed the business. — Fortune, "E-Bikes Sales Are Putting a Charge in the Fortunes of Bikemakers," 20 July 2019 Demo mountain bikes on the indoor dirt trail, scale the climbing wall or even dip an oar or two into Lake Michigan! — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, "15 things to do with the kids July 8-14," 7 July 2019 Part of the feeling derives from the bike’s geometry, which positions a rider, who might be accustomed to a mountain bike or hybrid, closer to the road. — Eric Johnson, The Mercury News, "Los Gatos designer builds e-bikes for speed and…," 28 June 2019 Pursley said rough, rocky or technical terrain requires the bigger tires and suspension of a mountain bike. — Houston Chronicle, "Cycling has exceptional health benefits," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mountain bike.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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