“…Mountain biking is a highly technologized activity and its development has been facilitated through innovation in two contexts. Firstly, the development of increasingly high-tech products, such as advanced shock absorbance systems (Baltes et al, 2008;Redfield, 2010), have opened up new terrain and styles of riding to participants. Secondly, mountain bikers have been shown to be keen innovators of technology, which they adapt in order to aid their riding (Lüthje et al, 2005).…”