---- ===== Mountain Bike Technology ===== Mountain bikes, with their new and demanding requirements, have driven much bicycling innovation. Or have they? As with most invention, it's not so much novel inventions but combinations of existing solutions and being first to market. The following will show the first use of new mountain biking tech and their origins. [[{button_disc.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:disc|<-- disc brakes ]] [[{button_fork.png?0x80|width: 20em}tech:front|<-- front shocks ]] [[{button_rear.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:rear|<-- rear shocks ]] [[{button_post.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:post|<-- dropper posts ]] [[{button_tires.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:tires|<-- tires ]] [[{button_pedal.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:pedals|<-- pedals ]] [[{button_chain.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:derail|<-- derailleurs ]] [[{nittobull.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tech:handlebars|<-- handlebars ]] [[{button_pipe.jpg?0x80|width: 20em}tubing:start|<-- tubing ]]

{{1891.jpg?400|1891 Velocipede }} \\ 1891 Velocipede [[https://www.bikeradar.com/features/whats-old-is-new-again-6-surprisingly-old-technologies|bikeradar]] \\ Trailing link suspension front, Linkage driven low single pivot rear suspension. How modern is that?