I was hired to announce the Ross Stage Race. I think the organizers knew I would cash it in further by writing a story for Winning.
Win-win.
Author: Charlie Kelly
Cyclist, February 1986
This issue of cyclist had a great lineup, a story about Crested Butte, Jacquie Phelan races a horse in Wales, my story about riding in Canada’s Northwest Territory.
Then there are reviews of the 1986 Fisher Montare, Specialized StumpJumper and Ritchey Ascent. Finally, the editor weighs in with, you guessed it, an editorial.
Dig in!
1987 World Mountain Bike Championships
In 1987 there were two “World Championships” for mountain bikers, one in California, and the other in France. Americans won both of them,
Ned Overend won both versions, in the men’s cross-country. Mary Lee Atkins took the European women’s version, and Sarah Ballantine won in California.
Cyclist, October 1985
Jacquie Phelan gets bombed at Whiskeytown.
Winning, September 1985
Ned Overend wins the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic in Durango.