Your more traditional mountain bikes already come in an array of gearing, suspensions, sizes and gender nominations. There’s another category of mountain bike that fit specific needs or niches. These include electric mountain bikes, hybrid mountain bikes, BMX mountain bikes, fat bikes and other specialist mountain bikes.
Here we will explore some of these specialist types of mountain bikes as these too can be great fun even though they take on more of a “fit for purpose” role. Having said that, electric mountain bikes in particular are become more mainstream as battery and motor technology becomes lighter and more affordable.