ʻO ka paikika mauna, ʻo ka inoa Pelekane ʻo "mountain bike", i hoʻopau ʻia ʻo MTB. Mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he kumu hoʻohālike i loaʻa mai i nā ʻōpio ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei i ka hauʻoli a me ka hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā heihei hoʻopunipuni ma nā wahi o waho o ke alanui i nā hoʻokūkū kaʻa. ʻO ka mea mua i holo kaʻa kaʻa mauna ma waho o ke alanui, he haumāna ia ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, ʻo James Finley Scott, ʻo ia ka mea mua i hoʻololi i ka paikikala maʻamau i kaʻa mauna. Ma hope mai, ua kaulana nā haʻuki ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ua hoʻokumu i kahi hanana. I ka makahiki 1990 ua ʻike ka International Cycling Union i ka haʻuki, a i ka makahiki 1991 ua mālama ʻia ka World Cup mua. ʻO nā paikikala mauna he mau paikikala i hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia no ke alanui ʻē aʻe (nā puʻu, nā alahele, nā kula a me nā alanui ʻiliʻili one, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), a ʻo kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona nui: nā kaʻa ākea, nā lima pololei, mua a me hope o ka haʻalulu, a ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o ka holo. Hāʻawi nā huila ākea, nui-niho i ka paʻa, a aia nā mea haʻalulu e hoʻopaʻa i nā haʻalulu. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe mua i lilo i mea maʻamau i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ʻo nā kaʻa me nā mea haʻalulu i mua a me hope e lilo i mea kaulana. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau kaʻa kaʻa mauna e hoʻohana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, akā ua lilo nā paʻa lima me kahi kihi i luna a lilo i mau kaʻa kaʻa mauna. Loaʻa iā lākou nā hiʻohiʻona o ka rigidity kiʻekiʻe a me ka hele maʻalahi. ʻAʻole pono e koho i ke alanui i ka wā e holo ai. ʻO ka hele ʻana i ke alanui a i ʻole ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia. ʻO nā loiloi maikaʻi, hiki i ka poʻe kaʻa kaʻa ke hauʻoli piha i ka leʻaleʻa holo ʻoluʻolu ma nā ʻano alanui like ʻole, nā kaʻa kaʻa mauna, ma muli o ko lākou ʻano paʻa, ʻāʻī, ʻano hou, nā waihoʻoluʻu kala, a me ka hana hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe, e lilo koke i kūlanakauhale. ʻokoʻa i nā paikikala maʻamau ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole, e like me nā kaila me ka hopena cushioning, ke kūpaʻa haʻalulu maikaʻi, ka paʻa a me ka paʻa paʻa me ka rigidity kiʻekiʻe o nā mea, nā lima lima ʻaʻole maʻalahi i ka luhi, a ma nā pali pali. ʻO ka hoʻouna ʻana i hiki ke holo mālie, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā paikika mauna no ka piʻi mauna ma waho o ke alanui a me nā huakaʻi.