You didn’t hear much about mountain biking back in 1975; you didn’t see advertisements for guided tours, commercially available gear, or even cool mountain bike shops to hang out in. But there was a Matt Hebberd, raised in the Mecca ...

Pat & Tom and their Team Big Bear Mountain Bikes promotion company have produced more than 250 mountain bike racing events starting with the Rockhopper South in 1986. Since then they have produced 20 NORBA National races in Big Bear ...

“Some fifteen years ago I embarked on an involving my personal transportation – call it my ‘voluntary carlessness,’ inspired by a dying Mercury and my rediscovery of the bicycle…I was motor-free for thirteen years, no spark plug troubles or rusty ...

Web Site: wombats.org Jacquie Phelan was a commuter/bike advocate before she discovered bike racing. Her physical ability propelled her to the top of road racing (she won her first race).

Paul Thomasberg started riding backcountry trails the summer of 1969 in the Tahoe National Forest. In 1976 Paul cobbled together his first “Mountain Bike.” It was a bizarre mix of road, cruiser, BMX, and motorcycle parts with 3.0 tires, 18″ ...

Web Site: www.10nine8.net Linda DuPriest began her involvement with mountain biking as a rider, racer and bike store wrench in the mid-1980’s. In 1989, working for Specialized, she came to the second IMBA summer conference and told the rag tag ...