A full suspension mountain bike is sometimes called adual suspension off-road bike because it is equipped with shock absorbers for both wheels. This is in sharp relief to the hardtail mountain bicycle which has a shock absorber just for the front wheel. Both sorts of mountain bikes have their own uses. The hardtail bike is better to pedal and is faster than the full suspension bike on smooth terrain. However the latter kind can run faster on coarse terrain as the shock absorber allows more traction by absorbing the effect of stumbling blocks. Except for offering the rider a more comfy ride, the bicycle suspension also reinforces efficiency and safety.

Types of bike Suspension

The suspension system can be implemented through a suspension stem, suspension front fork, rear suspension, suspension seat post, or suspension hub. A mixture of these methodologies might also be applied. It should be spotted the suspension stem is not preferred.

The front suspension is mostly made feasible by employing two shock absorbers for the front fork. The shock absorber is often made of a spring and a damper. The spring could be a coil spring, compressed air, or elastomer. The damper is generally provided by letting oil pass thru shim stacks or small openings.

Types of Rear Suspension

Rear suspension is often regarded to mean full suspension because trail bicycles with single suspension often apply a front suspension technology. The types of rear suspension include the single pivot, soft tail, Horst link and 4 bar suspensions, unified rear triangle, Virtual Pivot Point, FSR system, DW-link, Equilink, Monolink, and split pivot.

The single pivot is the most straightforward kind and is also the cheapest. Diverse bike manufacturers have implemented their own designs for rear suspension and each design has its own advantages and downsides. It is up to the buyer to ascertain which of the features are most crucial to him.

Purchasing a Full Suspension off-road bike

When planning to buy a full suspension mountain bike it’s vital to ask if youare truly serious about having the ability to ride across coarse terrain. A good hardtail off-road bike will be faster than the least expensive full suspension bike as the latter is generally heavier aside from being loaded with the inherent disadvantages of a rear suspension.

The amount of suspension travel is also significant when buying this type of mountain bike. For uphill or cross country racing, suspension travel should be less than 4.5 inches. These are lighter because the less suspension travel, the lighter the bike.

However for people that need to do some jumping or free riding, the extra weight is not a primary concern. Therefore, this kind of trail bicycle will sometimes require 6 to 8 inches of suspension travel. And in between these 2 is the trail bike, which requires up to 6.5 inches of suspension travel.

Top Selling Full Suspension Mountain Bikes

• GT Sensor 3.0 2010
• Mongoose Pinn’R Apprentice 2010
• BMC Trailfox TF03 2009
• Focus First 2010
• GT Force 1.0 2010
• Felt Redemption 1 2010
• Focus First Extreme 2010
• Focus Super Bud Expert 2009
• GT Force Carbon Expert 2010
• BMC Fourstroke FS03

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