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.
In 1978 and 1979 Pete Barrett drew the posters for the Repack races. The originals were cheap photocopies, but I have cleaned up the images and printed them on heavy poster stock. I sell a collection of four posters, all signed by me, for $30 in the United States. This includes postage. Outside the United…
Gary Fisher’s book is out, a bicycle autobiography called Being Gary Fisher. It’s not available through Amazon or book stores, but you can get it at a Trek dealer or order it directly from Trek.
The March, 1985 issue of Bicycling had a focus on mountain biking. True Grit
It turned out that there were hippies involved.
