John Tomac and Cindy Whitehead romp at the 1987 RockHopper.
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.
Winning, January 1988
Mountain Bike World Championship.
Bicycle Action, September 1984
While thumbing through this issue of an English bicycle magazine, I found a page plagiarized right out of the Fat Tire Flyer.
This issue features the first mountain bike race series held in the UK, the Fat Tyre Five.
Bicycle Guide, July 1987, the Iditabike
In 1987 I was joined by fellow journalist Yuri Samer at the inaugural Iditabike. Here is his version of the event.
Gary Fisher in Men’s Fitness, May 2010
A very flattering hagiography of Gary Fisher.