How to Use trail bike in a Sentence

trail bike

noun
  • If the gnarliest trails are more fun on a long-travel trail bike, most other trails are more fun on the SB115.
    Outside Online, 1 July 2020
  • How much of the difference in climbing speed between an enduro bike and a trail bike comes down to the tires?
    Seb Stott, Outside Online, 16 Nov. 2022
  • For a lightweight trail bike these days, that’s impressive.
    Outside Online, 1 July 2020
  • The new Stumpjumper FSR could well be the solution, a mid-travel trail bike for every occasion.
    Outside Online, 19 May 2015
  • This easy-to-adjust kids’ hardtail mountain bike is a terrific first trail bike.
    Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2022
  • In that analogy, the Shift would be a do-it-all 130-millimeter trail bike, and a lightweight tech binding would be a cross-country race bike.
    Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • In a video clip posted on Friday night, Chris Hemsworth's younger brother rode around on a trail bike while filming himself, and the joy on his face is just magic.
    Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 3 June 2017
  • Compared to the Atomic Vantage, the ride quality is plush, like a long-travel trail bike (the Atomic is more reactive, like a cross-country race bike).
    Heather Schultz, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The singlespeed is mostly a winter trail bike, a kind of riding that works best on a tubeless setup, to allow the low pressure that produces a larger contact patch for better traction and flotation.
    Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Specialized cut weight from this 150-millimeter-travel trail bike by using a less powerful motor and a smaller battery.
    Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The plan is a response to problems with teens and young adults illegally riding off-highway vehicles – stunt bikes, trail bikes, dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and small utility vehicles – in packs on city streets.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 5 June 2019
  • The Syco Entertainment record executive wrote on Twitter about his broken back a day after the accident along with some hard advice for electric trail bike users but hasn't personally shared any health updates since.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Many of us have heard (sometimes apocryphal) stories about e-bike accidents, including one in which TV personality Simon Cowell fractured his back during his first ride on a new electric trail bike.
    Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020

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