mountain bike
noun
: an all-terrain bicycle with wide knobby tires, straight handlebars, and typically 18 to 21 gears
mountain bike
intransitive verb
mountain biker
noun
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My colleagues at Pinkbike recently wrote about the mountain bike that Blevins rode to win the World Cup.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Hop aboard the chairlift for a scenic ride into the canopy, whisk down the slopes on a mountain bike, or sit by the campfire to warm up on those cool fall nights.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Search efforts began after the missing person report was filed, with search teams traveling on foot and mountain bikes, with the additional use of drones and helicopters.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The mountain bike trails are a muddy churn with hour-long queues at the top.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Hop aboard the chairlift for a scenic ride into the canopy, whisk down the slopes on a mountain bike, or sit by the campfire to warm up on those cool fall nights.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Search efforts began after the missing person report was filed, with search teams traveling on foot and mountain bikes, with the additional use of drones and helicopters.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The mountain bike trails are a muddy churn with hour-long queues at the top.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mountain bike
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“Mountain bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20bike. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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