{"id":7811,"date":"2025-03-04T10:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=7811"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:48:00","slug":"trail-riding-the-main-reason-you-should-get-a-trail-bike-as-a-road-cyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2025\/03\/04\/trail-riding-the-main-reason-you-should-get-a-trail-bike-as-a-road-cyclist\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Riding \u2013 The Main Reason You Should Get a Trail Bike As a Road Cyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who needs mountain bikes with their comically wide handlebars, slow and knobby tyres, and heavy frames? A gravel bike or a light XC, maybe, but a trail bike? As someone who spent the last 20 years riding exclusively road bikes, I certainly wasn\u2019t drawn to big, clunky-looking trail bikes. As a city dweller, road bikes make sense. They are fast on city streets and take me far enough to explore new places. That was until a random encounter with a trail bike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last year, on vacation, I accidentally ended up on a borrowed full-sus trail bike. It said Mongoose Zero-G on the frame and looked like a bike I would find incredibly cool as a kid in the early 2000s. It didn\u2019t really fit me that well and was so bouncy that it made me laugh when I first tried to accelerate. But then, as I entered the forest and got onto a trail, something really interesting happened. But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n

First, let\u2019s go over the rational and logical reasons why road cyclists should consider a trail bike. They are important and could be enough to sway some cyclists. The reason why I now own a trail bike is a bit different, and I will share it at the end, too.<\/p>\n

You level up your bike-handling skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve seen Tom Pidcock making pros at the Tour de France<\/a> look like amateurs on those big alpine descents, you know what I\u2019m about to say. Sure, Pidcock doesn\u2019t ride trail bikes in his XC races, but he has to navigate pretty difficult routes. And that\u2019s the thing: if you have to develop the skills to handle your bike on difficult terrain, you will gain much more confidence and ability that will transfer to road cycling as well.<\/p>\n

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