More than two million bikes are sold in the UK every year.

And most of them are mountain bikes.

Mountain bikes are very versatile.

You can use one for anything from getting to work or school to travelling across Outer Mongolia.

Check out our lowdown on the wild world of mountain biking and the stars of the sport.

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Maximum mountain biking
The Academy's ultimate introduction to the daredevil sport of mountain biking

Cross-country boy
Liam Killeen is fast, fit, almost immune to pain and is Britain's best cross-country rider.

Downhill all the way
Tracy Moseley likes to hurtle headlong down the side of mountains at frightening speeds.

For Peat's sake
Peaty is the world's number one downhill mountain biker and one seriously laid back dude

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MTB guide

Liam Killeen

Tracy Moseley

Steve Peat

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