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: MTB Archive Posts
This is where I post vintage materials from the Mountain Bike Legacy Project, which primarily covers the years from 1970 to 1990.
There is no order here other that what I found in the files recently. I tried to collect every printed word about mountain biking before 1990, when it became impossible to keep up. Now I am happy to share it with anyone who finds the site.
Read more about the Mountain Bike Legacy Project by clicking on The Archive tab under About Charlie.
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.
Bicycle Sport 4_84 NORBA Finals
The first NORBA National Championship in 1983 was held in driving rain.
That made for a terrible race but an entertaining article in Bicycle Sport.
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.
Winning, January 1985
Maynard Hershon interviews Tom Ritchey.