Month: February 2020
The Bob Weir Mountain Bike Interview (with Gary Fisher)
I wrote this in 1992. Every copy of this issue of Dirt Rag sold out.
1979 Pearl Pass Clunker Tour
This is my article from Bicycling Magazine about the 1979 Crested Butte to Aspen tour.
The Roots of Dirt: How Mountain Bikes Went From Clunkers to Global Phenomenon
In the early 1970s, cyclists in and around Marin County started assembling “clunkers” using salvaged paper-boy bikes from the 1930s and ’40s and bombing down Tam’s paths and fire roads.
Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking
I published the first mountain bike magazine, the Fat Tire Flyer. My book of the same name is the definitive history of the early days of mountain biking, with a foreword written by Joe Breeze. As of August, 2021 VeloPress has taken Fat Tire Flyer out of print.
I am working with a new publisher to get back into print.
Meanwhile, enjoy these items from my files.