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
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Bring your own mountain bike or class one or two pedaled e-bike.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Brian will routinely do things like ride his mountain bike 30 or some miles from his house to a train station, carrying a packraft in a backpack.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
The Jungfrau Region is also quite charming when it isn't covered with snow—all that Alpine scenery makes a fantastic place to hike and mountain bike in the spring and summer.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space, launching from West Texas with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Brian will routinely do things like ride his mountain bike 30 or some miles from his house to a train station, carrying a packraft in a backpack.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
The Jungfrau Region is also quite charming when it isn't covered with snow—all that Alpine scenery makes a fantastic place to hike and mountain bike in the spring and summer.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space, launching from West Texas with Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Mountain bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20bike. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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