mountain bike

noun

: an all-terrain bicycle with wide knobby tires, straight handlebars, and typically 18 to 21 gears
mountain bike intransitive verb
mountain biker noun

Examples of mountain bike in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Thousands of bicyclists from across the world will unite Sunday for a memorial ride, honoring a Boulder teenager who was killed while training for the junior mountain bike world championships. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2024 The park will include walking trails, a sledding hill, a playground, a pavilion, a mountain bike pump track and solar panels. Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024 Do mountain bike helmets protect your head better than road helmets? Seb Stott, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024 But the tires were well-labeled with Kenda, a brand that shows up on a number of other mountain bikes. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mountain bike 

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Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mountain bike was in 1966

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“Mountain bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20bike. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

mountain bike

noun
: a bicycle with wide knobby tires and many gears for use on all kinds of terrain
mountain bike verb

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