This is the first issue of the Knobby News, from 1985. If there was a second issue, I don’t have it. But they managed to round up all the usual suspects as advertisers. This is from the first generation of computer publications, so it looks a lot like every other mid-eighties small publication, except the…
Mammoth Mountain is now a premier mountain bike destination, but in 1985 the ski resort was just beginning to figure out that the people who ski in the winter ride bikes in the summer.
What does it take to bridge the gap between the hiking community and the mountain bike community? Advertising dollars. Bikes cost more than backpacks or tents.
Jacquie Phelan beats the horses and the men. UK discovers trials. Jacquie goes topless for Muddy Fox. An entire town goes off-road.
This issue should appeal to vintage collectors, because it has a list of specs for every major brand of mountain bike in 1985