Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking is the definitive history of the sport. It has been out of print for three years. I have republished it myself.
Now it is available along with logo gear from Tommy Breeze.
Category: My Own Articles
This area is for my published articles, most of them from the ’70s and ’80s..
While writing and publishing the Fat Tire Flyer, I also contributed articles for other cycling magazines such as Dirt Rag, Bicycling, Bicycle Guide, Cyclist, and bicycle magazines in other countries. After the Fat Tire Flyer went out of print, I accepted an editorial position from Rodale Press.
Here is a random sample of my other work..
Mariah/Outside, September 1979
This is my second magazine sale, in 1979 to a new magazine that was in the process of changing its name from Mariah to Outside.
1990 World Mountain Bike Championship Program
In 1990 Mammoth Mountain hosted one of two “World Mountain Bike Championships” held that year, this being the NORBA version.
The organizers asked me to write a brief history of mountain bike racing for the program. Here it is.
Cyclist, March 1987: Iditabike
In 1987 I covered the first “Iditabike” race. Here is my article entitled “The Brotherhood of Pain.”
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.