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.
Author: Charlie Kelly
Bicycle Action, April 1985
Jacquie Phelan beats the horses and the men. UK discovers trials. Jacquie goes topless for Muddy Fox. An entire town goes off-road.
Cyclist, July 1985
This issue should appeal to vintage collectors, because it has a list of specs for every major brand of mountain bike in 1985
Bicycling, August 1985
My friend Gavin Chilcott made the cover in the days before helmets were mandatory on cover shots. The editors visit California to try to figure out this mountain bike thing. Editor Chuck McCullagh opines.
Cyclist, August 1985
This issue had several interesting features, including the American magazine version of the Crane brothers’ mountain bike ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. Jacquie Phelan contributed a story about women in their first race. There is a review of the Schwinn Cimarron. Here is another article about the Crane brothers.