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.
At first the company that Gary Fisher and I started was just called “MountainBikes.” Then that name went generic, so Gary and I added our own names. After Gary bought my interest in 1983, the company became Fisher MountainBikes. Here is our catalog from 1983.
The Rough-Stuff Fellowship is an English off-road association that long predates mountain bikes. These riders were more into riding the bridle paths than bombing down hills, and their bikes were nowhere near as extreme as mountain bikes. Gary Fisher and I joined the club in 1980, two of only four California members (Holland Jones was…
In 1979 Gary Fisher and I had just opened our little business, “MountainBikes.” Through Gary’s connection with Bicycling magazine, we got a call from the Whole Earth Catalog people in Sausalito to review bicycling books for the Next Whole Earth Catalog. Here are our contributions.
Ricky Cha was created for the Fat Tire Flyer by Tony Martin. Now nearly 40 years after he first rode the slopes of Mount Tamalpais, here is the complete collection.
Billy Savage’s film on the history of mountain biking made the top of this list of ten best mountain bike movies. It’s on Amazon right now if you haven’t seen it.