Top 5 - Reasons Road Cyclists Should Try Mountain Biking

Ever wondered if mountain biking will improve your road cycling activities? Here are five reasons to make the swap... occasionally.

[ThunderStruckMTB]

#1 reason: You won't get killed from behind by a driver updating their FaceBook

[Jamesah]

Great, now I need ANOTHER bike. The wife will be pleased :/

[niibor]

6) we can laugh at you when you crash all the time




(while falling off ourselves)

[TheIndianaGeoff]

Great video. Road riders (my preference) need to spend time on a mountain bike to build handling skills. Even a few runs on a MTB will teach you how to handle skids and recover from odd positions. You can learn that on a road bike, but the consequences are far less on a mountain bike when you blow it. Plus all those skills are easier to improve on a MTB than a Road bike. Also agree on the year round thing.

[synapse]

I don't remember any trail side cafes when I was mountain biking.  Of course the wilderness in Alaska doesn't have as many amenities as many other places; more brown bears than cafes.

[JaimicoCL]

I like both bikes... with one I can reach looong distances, and with the other, I can go deeper and higher...

[jcsrst]

Nailed it! If it's got two wheels it's awesome period!!

[idontknow]

Hi, road bikes converter to mt bike by, exchange the forks, so nice ... disc brake 27.5 will be better ..nice...save more buys good wheel .

[QuickQuips]

If only the place I lived in wasn't so awfully flat. Maybe cyclocross can work.

[friedegg]

How much carbon wheels and best carbon wheels?

[arnoldsbikewarehouse]

The problem is in jersey there are not many trails so mountain biking is not a option

[lopon]

There's defo no road rage on the trail.

[wgf]

you shot yourself in the foot there mentioning hesjedal as an example of a smooth pedaling roadcyclist, love his grit and tenacity but smoove he ain't

[acharyavivek]

Is that Simon Richardson of GCN at 00:14?

[perwiratempur]

hah! Never will I mount a MTB, no sir!