In 1990 I attended the Iditabike, and wrote this article for Mountain Biking UK.
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.
Singletrack, October 2018
In 2018 Joe Breeze and I celebrated the 40th anniversary of our first trip to Crested Butte with another visit. This is the story I wrote for an English magazine.
Mill Valley Historical Society: The Clunker Revolution
This 2019 article by Marissa Friedman and Joe Breeze explores Joe’s own thoughts on how the mountain bike evolved from the ruins of destroyed 1930’s Schwinn bicycles.
Bicycling, November 1991: Repack Revisited
In 1991 Don Cuerdon helped observe the 15th anniversary of the first Repack race, and wrote about his adventure in Bicycling Magazine>
Bicycling, January 1979: Clunkers Among the Hills
In 1977 i wrote a story about the goofy hobby my friends and I shared. My roommate Gary Fisher took it with him when he visited the Bicycling Magazine offices, and they published it. This was my first ever magazine article.