Mountain bike, lebitso la Senyesemane ke "mountain bike", e khutsufalitsoeng e le MTB.E simolohile United States, ke mohlala o nkiloeng ho bacha ba Amerika ba batlang thabo le ho khanna libaesekele ho etsa mabelo a maqheka libakeng tse sa tsamaeeng le litsela litlholisanong tsa lithuthuthu.Motho oa pele oa ho palama baesekele ea lithaba ho tloha tseleng e ne e le moithuti Univesithing ea California, James Finley Scott, eo e bileng motho oa pele oa ho fetolela baesekele e tloaelehileng ho baesekele ea thaba.Hamorao, lipapali tse fapa-fapaneng li ile tsa tuma butle-butle Europe le United States, ’me tsa theha ketsahalo.Ka 1990 Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Libaesekele o ile oa amohela papali ena, 'me ka 1991 ho ile ha tšoaroa Mohope oa Lefatše oa pele.Libaesekele tsa lithaba ke libaesekele tse etselitsoeng ho tsoa tseleng (maralla, litselana, masimo le litsela tsa lehlabathe la lehlabathe, joalo-joalo), 'me likarolo tsa tsona tse ka sehloohong ke: lithaere tse pharaletseng, li-handles tse otlolohileng, ho monya ka pele le ka morao, le ho palama hamonate.Lithaere tse pharaletseng, tse nang le meno a mangata li fana ka ho tšoara, 'me ho na le lintho tse monyang ho sisinyeha ho monya ho makala.Tšebeliso ea li-absorber tse ka pele e fetohile e tloaelehileng lilemong tsa morao tjena, 'me likoloi tse nang le li-absorber tse ka pele le tse ka morao li ntse li tsebahala haholoanyane.Libaesekele tse ling tsa lithaba li ile tsa qala ho sebelisa li-handle, empa li-handlebars tse nang le lehlakoreng le holimo li fetohile tsa feshene le libaesekele tsa lithaba.Ba na le litšobotsi tse phahameng tse thata le ho tsamaea ka mokhoa o tenyetsehang.Ha ho hlokahale ho khetha tsela ha u palama.Ebang ke ho solla literateng kapa ho ithabisa, e ’nile ea sebelisoa haholo.Litlhahlobo tse ntle, bapalami ba libaesekele ba ka natefeloa ke ho palama hamonate libakeng tse fapaneng tsa litsela, libaesekele tsa lithaba, ka lebaka la ponahalo ea bona e tiileng, e matsutla, e ncha, mebala e mebala-bala le ts'ebetso e phahameng ea ho palama, haufinyane e tla fetoha toropo. li fapane le libaesekele tse tloaelehileng likarolong tse sa tšoaneng, tse kang lithaere tse nang le phello ea cushioning, ho hanyetsa ho ts'oenyeha hantle, foreimi e tiileng le e matla e nang le lisebelisoa tse thata, li-handlebars tse seng bonolo ho khathala, esita le matsoapong a moepa.Phetiso e ka boela ea tsamaea hantle, joalo-joalo, e etsa hore libaesekele tsa lithaba li tšoanelehe ho hloa lithaba le ho tsoa.