In 1984, Senior Editor Frank Berto from Bicycling magazine came out to Repack and gave it a shot. Here are his impressions.
Author: Charlie Kelly
Ritchey MountainBikes 1980 Catalog
In 1980 John Finley Scott helped Gary Fisher and me when we composed our first catalog on his $13,000 Hewlett-Packard “word processor.”
It was an amazing device. Right away I wanted one. A year later, I had one, but it was an Apple II+ computer.
Cyclist, March 1987: Iditabike
In 1987 I covered the first “Iditabike” race. Here is my article entitled “The Brotherhood of Pain.”
Dirt Rag March, 2017: Repack 40th Anniversary
In 2016 a few old mountain bikers gathered at Ground Zero, AKA Repack. They were there to observe the 40th anniversary of the race that was supposed to settle an argument among a half dozen riders, but instead changed the world of bicycling forever.
Rob Korotky documented the moment.
Northern California Bicyclist, May 1994
This is a generic article from the early ’90s about mountain bike racing, but at the end Jacquie Phelan and I had a little fun creating virtual mountain biking.