Looking back from the perspective of the 21st Century, there is no reasonable explanation for the fact that the Repack Downhill “clunker” race managed to take place for four years from 1976 to 1979.
Author: Charlie Kelly
The Rough-Stuff Fellowship
I’m having this link sent to me from a number of directions, so I am acknowledging it here. It concerns one of the first off-road clubs. The Rough-Stuff Fellowship was English, similar to the Velo Cross Club Parisian in Paris during the early ‘fifties. I have had to defend myself for decades against accusations that…
Interesting article on Russian royalty and their bikes before the revolution
Saw this posted on another forum, and even though it’s not a mountain bike story, it’s pretty interesting. Cycling With the Tsars The author, David Herlihy, wrote a book about ten years ago called “Bicycle,” a history of the sport. In that book he spelled my name wrong! He came to visit me and have…
More UK Adventure
One of my UK lecture tour stops was in Swanage, where I met Sean Lally and his son Oak. Sean was impressed enough to write a blog post about the ride.
Reseda to the Sea
The first mountain bike race I took part in outside of Marin County was the 1980 Reseda to the Sea race, promoted by victor Vincente of America. Victor had heard about us from the ad in BMX Plus! and sent us the invitation. John Finley Scott offered the use of his double-decker London bus for…