Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the MTB podcast episode 80 presented and hosted by Worldwide

Cyclery.

I am Jeff.

I'm Jared.

And I'm Liam.

Today, we are going to talk about all sorts of various mountain bike things.

As always, for example, bike sizing, the variance between brands, personal preferences,

et cetera.

And we're going to talk about tire casings.

We talk a ton about tires, but casings is a topic that often gets glossed over and

is a bit confusing.

So we're going to dig into that.

We're going to talk about how to support kids riding and racing mountain bikes, suspension

setup 101, fancy new bikes and parts, and then answer some listener questions.

Let's go.

Let's do it.

Mountain bike sizing.

So this is a very confusing topic, mostly because, you know, historically mountain bikes

have been sold in small, medium, large, extra large.

And one brand's medium or large is not another brand's medium or large.

And then it got more complicated when people started getting really preferential and they

just wanted a certain size and feel of a bike.

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