Originally Posted by
70sSanO
It’s probably just me, but I never found riding up and down a mountain to not be hard. I find the skills required are off the charts compared to road biking.
John
But if your skills are not yet up to the task, you can always choose easier trails, climb with lower gearing, or even walk through difficult sections. I don't find mountain bike climbs much harder than climbing on a road bike, except if the climbs are technical or extremely steep. They're just slower.
You need a different set of skills compared to road biking, but I don't find it more complex at all. Riding on the road also requires some skills: cornering fast on a road descent is not easy either, and it's a skill that won't work in MTB.