I was standing in front of Mt. Tamalpais where the mountain bike thing got started.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > > Where is Marin County in California? Thanks for the picture. > > I have no idea where it is, but I do know that mountain biking was > more or less invented there in the '70's, by a bunch of hippies riding > fat-tired cruisers down fire-roads on the side of mountains. > Gradually they modified their bikes to develop what we know today as > the mountain bike. > > Guys like Joe Breeze and Gary Fischer were among the pioneers, and > both of them eventually started manufacturing for others, and their > companies are among the industry leaders today.
