<story><title>Hippie Daredevils Who Invented Mountain Biking</title><url>http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-hippie-daredevils-who-were-just-crazy-enough-to-invent-mountain-biking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vondur</author><text>As an avid mountain biker, this article reminds me about the pure fun of riding in the outdoors. You don&amp;#x27;t need to spend 5K+ to do so. The technology in mountain biking has really taken off in the last 15 years. I can ride trails that only people on downhill bikes would have done 10 years ago, and the bike weighs less than 30lbs, making pedaling up hills not a problem. Enduro mountain bike racing has really taken off in the last few years and really captures the essence of
mountain biking. It&amp;#x27;s a good time to be into mountain bikes.
Here are a couple of examples of the new generation of Enduro Bikes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/reign.advanced.27.5.1/18765/76217/#technologies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.giant-bicycles.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;bikes&amp;#x2F;model&amp;#x2F;reign.advanc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/enduro/enduro-elite-650b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.specialized.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;bikes&amp;#x2F;mountain&amp;#x2F;enduro&amp;#x2F;endur...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both are relatively decently priced with good specs.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>The prices on those bikes are ridiculous. If you buy something like that please buy it second-hand from someone that had more money than brains and thought they were going to lose weight by buying a bike rather than using it. Usually these go for a fraction of their new value in mint condition once the new-years vows have worn off.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hippie Daredevils Who Invented Mountain Biking</title><url>http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-hippie-daredevils-who-were-just-crazy-enough-to-invent-mountain-biking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vondur</author><text>As an avid mountain biker, this article reminds me about the pure fun of riding in the outdoors. You don&amp;#x27;t need to spend 5K+ to do so. The technology in mountain biking has really taken off in the last 15 years. I can ride trails that only people on downhill bikes would have done 10 years ago, and the bike weighs less than 30lbs, making pedaling up hills not a problem. Enduro mountain bike racing has really taken off in the last few years and really captures the essence of
mountain biking. It&amp;#x27;s a good time to be into mountain bikes.
Here are a couple of examples of the new generation of Enduro Bikes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/reign.advanced.27.5.1/18765/76217/#technologies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.giant-bicycles.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;bikes&amp;#x2F;model&amp;#x2F;reign.advanc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/enduro/enduro-elite-650b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.specialized.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;bikes&amp;#x2F;mountain&amp;#x2F;enduro&amp;#x2F;endur...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both are relatively decently priced with good specs.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tempermanent</author><text>&amp;gt; you don&amp;#x27;t need to spend 5K+ to do so&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;links to two five-thousand-dollar bikes&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>