While thumbing through this issue of an English bicycle magazine, I found a page plagiarized right out of the Fat Tire Flyer.
This issue features the first mountain bike race series held in the UK, the Fat Tyre Five.
This is where I post vintage materials from the Mountain Bike Legacy Project, which primarily covers the years from 1970 to 1990.
There is no order here other that what I found in the files recently. I tried to collect every printed word about mountain biking before 1990, when it became impossible to keep up. Now I am happy to share it with anyone who finds the site.
Read more about the Mountain Bike Legacy Project by clicking on The Archive tab under About Charlie.
While thumbing through this issue of an English bicycle magazine, I found a page plagiarized right out of the Fat Tire Flyer.
This issue features the first mountain bike race series held in the UK, the Fat Tyre Five.
In 1987 I was joined by fellow journalist Yuri Samer at the inaugural Iditabike. Here is his version of the event.
A very flattering hagiography of Gary Fisher.
The Slingshot was one of the most innovative bicycles of the 1980s.