Today, if you want a photo of a mountain bike “in action,” the rider would be doing a back flip superman no-hander tail whip tsunami, but that standard had not been set in 1979.
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Not too long ago, when there weren’t any mountain bikes, 50 years ago, bicycles were made to go on roads, mostly paved. They had tires, brakes and geometry suited for that type of travel. But then, riders started going “off-road” and found their bikes not well-suited for rough riding.
My Old Mountain Bike Website
Looking back from the perspective of the 21st Century, there is no reasonable explanation for the fact that the Repack Downhill “clunker” race managed to take place for four years from 1976 to 1979.