Originally Posted by mcoine
I remember a time when there was just mountain biking, then downhill was created which in turn created the need to call regular mtn biking cross country.
When I started MTBing back in the 80s that's how things were so I tend to go by those definitions.
- Downhill - limited to just riding down
- XC - Up, down and all around... may include jumps and stunts as well.
All these new definitions tend to be a variation (mainly of XC) of the above two but just like how everyone in the music industry likes to create new classifications, the same seems to hold true for the marketting types in the MTBing world.