What's the 'T' for?

jimmay said:

While I am not new to riding a bicycle (as a kid or a commuter), I am
new to some of the more technical terms. I just worked out what SPD
means, but can anyone enlighten me regarding the 'T' in 'MTB.

Mountain Trail Bicycle?
MounTain Bike?
MoTo Bicycle?

It's important, I know 😄

jimmay

I always thought it was MounTain Bike.......
or maybe

Mud Trees BRAKES!! might be a little more appropriate on some of my rides.

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Quoted message said:

While I am not new to riding a bicycle (as a kid or a commuter), I am
new to some of the more technical terms. I just worked out what SPD
means, but can anyone enlighten me regarding the 'T' in 'MTB.

Mountain Trail Bicycle?
MounTain Bike?
MoTo Bicycle?

It's important, I know 😄

jimmay

Mountain Bike

- Simply because Mount is typicially abbreviated to Mt. and the B is the
abbreviated bike. Result = MTB.

Cheers, Ray

MikeyOz said:

jimmay said:

While I am not new to riding a bicycle (as a kid or a commuter), I am
new to some of the more technical terms. I just worked out what SPD
means, but can anyone enlighten me regarding the 'T' in 'MTB.

Mountain Trail Bicycle?
MounTain Bike?
MoTo Bicycle?

It's important, I know 😄

jimmay

I always thought it was MounTain Bike.......
or maybe

Mud Trees BRAKES!! might be a little more appropriate on some of my
rides.

Hopefully not `breaks' :-S
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

quote='Euan'MikeyOz said:

jimmay said:

While I am not new to riding a bicycle (as a kid or a commuter), I am
new to some of the more technical terms. I just worked out what SPD
means, but can anyone enlighten me regarding the 'T' in 'MTB.

Mountain Trail Bicycle?
MounTain Bike?
MoTo Bicycle?

It's important, I know 😄

jimmay

I always thought it was MounTain Bike.......
or maybe

Mud Trees BRAKES!! might be a little more appropriate on some of my
rides.

Hopefully not `breaks' :-S
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)[/QUOTE]
nah im usually toooo much of a wuss to break anything...

although with the new shocks and disc brakes coming up soon, that might change 🙂

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Quoted message said:

While I am not new to riding a bicycle (as a kid or a commuter), I am
new to some of the more technical terms. I just worked out what SPD
means, but can anyone enlighten me regarding the 'T' in 'MTB.

Mountain Trail Bicycle?
MounTain Bike?
MoTo Bicycle?

It's important, I know 😄

jimmay

They had to add it in to get a standard TLA (three letter acronym)

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