From an interview of Matt Marcus (early eastern MTBer) by Blue Ridge
Outdoors on some predecessors to what we know as klunkers:
*MM:* Back when I owned the bike shop in the 90s, I came across this story
on this sheet of paper about how back in the 1920s during Prohibition
moonshiners made
All of the California guys acknowledge that what they were doing wasn't
anything new. The activity just reached a critical mass in Marin and the
modern sport of mountain biking has a direct lineage to what they were
doing in the 1970's. One of their friends, John Finley Scott, had built a
Haha, this is genius! Modine is exactly the right age too. That's it, it's
officially him!
Great video, I'm going to show it to the guys I ride with who keep telling
me my Bombadil belongs in a museum...
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this morning rode along the river on Old C (Centurion Super Tour from 1982)
with Grand Bois Cypres tires.
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Back when I was young and attractive, circa 1990, I briefly dated an even
younger and more attractive woman near Santa Fe who had an early mountain
bike -- 6 speed, I recall. I was too poor to own one, having just spend all
my disposable income on a '89 Falcon (nice bike!), so I bought a Schwinn 3
Modine is a cyclist. It could be him.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 2:59:27 PM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote:
This particular race and video were done on January 20th, 1979 for a local
TV station which broadcast it in the Bay Area and then it went syndicated
across the nation, exposing
Thanks for the reference; I'll look up Klunkerz. Good stuff.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:59 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com wrote:
This particular race and video were done on January 20th, 1979 for a local
TV station which broadcast it in the Bay Area
Charley Kelley's new book Fat Tyre Fyer is an incredible first-person
account of the evolution of the mountain bike and it has a ton of period
photos of Klunkers and MTB's. RBW sells it if anyone wants to check it
out. It's a huge, oversized book of very high quality.
On Tuesday, March
This particular race and video were done on January 20th, 1979 for a local
TV station which broadcast it in the Bay Area and then it went syndicated
across the nation, exposing America to Klunking.
I love this video and have watched it many times, along with the
documentary Klunkerz.
I
That is an interesting video, and interesting hair. I wish they'd show a
smoking coaster hub, though.
Notice too the no retention pedals and ride in what you're wearing
clothing.
I was interested to hear whatzizname say that the sport had really started
10 or so years earlier; what, mid to late
Hey, regarding the new riv-posted video...
1) dig pre-famous gary fischer!
2) dig hair!
3) dig the pre-boscos
4) dig the diagatube pre-hunq
5) does anyone see Grant hiding somewhere in there??
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