Not so cheapy or cost-cutting as to impair the bike handling but not so verly fancy as to make you worried about(ab)using this bike the way it’s supposed to be (ab)used. The rear wheel has stayed up in the track end dropoouts. The brakes have been perfectly adequate and have not required much – if any – maintenance. It’s hard to quantify exactly but yes, I think it has. It’s certainly reminded me to stay off the brakes (unless/until you really have to use them) and to get more over – and lower down – at the front of the bike. As terrifying as it may be at first, you really cannot ride this bike without being really over the front tyre’s contact patch.
Gradual climbing up our neighborhood trails was OK for a while. My son has grown to like down hill riding better than cross country. When we climb he lets the complaining come flying out. Mongoose’s website just says “aluminum” for their unbranded brakes. As a seasoned health and fitness writer, Lindsey Lanquist understands how vital quality product recommendations can be.
With that said, it was fun seeing my son experience something truly different on the dirt. The Bosch Performance Line CX motor offers reliable assistance on climbs and long rides. Other electric components provide efficient power delivery, so you’re never stuck without a boost.
Our ongoing commitment to rigorous testing ensures we continuously refine our recommendations to meet riders’ demands for top-notch experiences. This bike’s carbon frame and parts significantly enhance its performance. We also love that the seat has a dropper post, meaning you can adjust your cycling position while you ride (similar to Trek’s Roscoe 7 Bike). Agile and responsive in a variety of conditions, the Yeti SB 160 is our top choice for cyclists looking to spend more on a mountain bike that truly pays attention to detail.
Best for intermediate or advanced riders who want to tackle their whole mountain ride—from uphill climbs to downhill drops—with the highest-end tech. Best for seriously experienced riders with a need for speed and cornering control on thrilling rides. Best for riders of all skill levels—this is a go-anywhere, ride-everything mountain bike. To be frank, I think it’s a mongoose dirt bike good idea to not to overly bothered about the bike and the parts that it’s built up with. Apart from the suspension fork, I don’t think think there’s any component on this bike that would be significantly improved by an upgrade. Both of those ideas being somewhat related to riding another bike to ‘help’ your performance when you get back on your normal mountain bike.
While the Mongoose Argus Trail is trail worthy, there are other bikes that do trail riding better. If you were wanting to replace the rigid fork with a suspension fork, then you would probably be hard pressed to find a fat fork that would fit. Tires also come with tubes, tubeless and tubeless-ready. Tires with tubes are the standard design and the easiest to use and maintain. Tubeless tires are significantly lighter and often have better performance because you can run them at a lower tire pressure which results in better traction and increasing rolling resistance. Tubeless-ready tires are tires that can use tubes or go tubeless.
My son is also still a child and I don’t want to torture him too much. We will definitely stick to mountain biking with his Trailcraft, but I am excited to get my son out on some decent snow mongoose dirt bike rides. It was not until the late 1970s and early 1980s that road bicycle companies started to manufacture mountain bicycles using high-tech lightweight materials, such as M4 aluminum.
If the diameter is 44mm then Cane Creek does make a headset to adapt a tapered fork to the headtube. The rear end of the bike also has quick release dropouts with 190mm hub width. The torsion and stiffness from fat wheels and hubs paired with quick release skewers might allow for some flex, but when riding mellow trails, the setup seemed to do just fine. Both types of cycling are challenging in different ways—one isn’t necessarily “harder” than the other.
The first production mountain bike available was the 1979 Lawwill Pro Cruiser.[19] The frame design was based on a frame that Don Koski fabricated from electrical conduit and a Schwinn Varsity frame. Mert Lawwill had Terry Knight of Oakland build the frames. The bikes sold for about $500 new and were made from 1979 though 1980 (approximate run of 600 bikes). The most popular type of mountain bike is a full-suspension trail bike, like Specialized’s Stumpjumper Comp Alloy.
To be honest, I don’t think my son has ever used a front derailleur until now. One-by systems have all but taken over the mountain bike market. Taking the Argus out was a different experience than the norm and we both had fun.