Thread: Does road biking & mountain biking use different muscles?
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Old 01-26-15 | 09:05 PM
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Pretty much same muscles in the legs, but a lot more upper body. Mtn biking & cyclocross are more strenuous because you don't get much coasting or flat "cruising".
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