Jimmy “Mac” McIlvain

Before MTB Action, Jimmy Mac was fully into the MTB scene. I was staying with Jimmy when Roy Knickman and myself flew out to California to attend the 1st Norba National, 1983, outside Solvang. Mac went up to the event and shot photos. He kept the Moots MTB bike that Kent Eriksen had built for […]

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The Koski Family’s Cove Bike Shop

The Koski Family (Earl and Lil, sister Kris and brothers Erik, Dave and Don), worked together at their Cove Bike Shop, a comprehensive shop they founded in 1970 in Tiburon, California. The Cove sold and serviced all types of bicycles, and played a key role in the early days of mountain biking. By the mid-1970s […]

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Leigh Donovan

Web Site: www.ichoosebikes.com Leigh began racing BMX as a child at the Orange Y BMX track, in Southern California. After winning multiple national championships and a world title, Leigh stepped away from BMX after a knee injury but her racing history in BMX earned her a spot in the BMX Hall of Fame in 2013. […]

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Jenn Dice

 Jenn served as IMBA’s director of Government Relations from June, 2001 until February, 2013. Given the glacially slow pace of change in public policies and government regulations, one doesn’t dedicate nearly 13 years of their professional life, as Jenn did to the never ending battles and challenges that come with being the lead advocate of […]

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