Thrilling but often tricky situations make mountain bike riding fun, especially when exploring various kinds of trail including sharp ascents and easy-going countryside. The environmentally friendly and health inspiring qualities of mountain biking mean that everyone is a winner. Bike manufacturers themselves are adding further to the industry’s green credentials - Trek Mountain Bikes for example, are produced in a zero-carbon factory.

It’s perfectly true that mountain bikers themselves need to keep their integrity too. Looking after their health’s integrity enables them to tackle the often hair-raising trails over which many enjoy riding. Whilst it’s important to use stamina to complete trails, as most bikers who own a machine from the range of Trek mountain bikes will no doubt already be aware, physical body strength is also essential.

Maintaining body strength and weight is vital to ensure mountain bikers remain in control of their bikes in dangerous situations. It helps them to ‘stay loose’, meaning that they retain the ability to react and ride freely through difficult obstacles and terrain, without losing control.

Doing pull-ups and push-ups helps achieve increased physical strength relatively easily and simply. The aspirational rider of Trek mountain bikes however can do no wrong by using a work-out process rather than just these simple techniques. Riders of Trek mountain bikes, aspirational as they usually are, may do well to complete a true work-out programme however, rather than these basic routines.

Taking the advice of a fitness instructor is a good idea, and there are numerous books on the subject from recognised mountain biking professionals like John Metcalfe. Also, following big manufacturers’ teams in brand sponsored events, such as Trek World Racing to see how the professionals themselves prepare for events and tournaments is a good idea.

Trek mountain bikes are magnificent to own, however the rider must be fit and capable enough to ride one safely.