Mert has played a formidable role in introducing many key suspension concepts into the world of mountain biking. He is also one of the early pioneers in the off-road world, having introduced the first production mountain bike. A former American . . .
Max Commencal has shaped gravity racing for more than four decades, first with Sunn and then with the company that carries his name. At Sunn he helped professionalize downhill as a sport, building a factory team whose riders included Nicolas ...
Greg Minnaar’s record is the measure of longevity in downhill: 22 elite World Cup wins, 86 World Cup podiums, three World Cup overall titles and four World Championships. His first rainbow jersey came in 2003 and his fourth in 2021, ...
Tracy Moseley reached the top of two disciplines. In downhill she took 16 World Cup wins, the World Cup overall title in 2006 and 2011, and the World Championship in 2010. She then moved to enduro and won the first ...
Stan Day co-founded SRAM in 1987, led as CEO for more than three decades, and now serves as chairman. The company’s first product, Grip Shift, came from a simple complaint he had while training for triathlons: reaching down to the ...
Web Site: www.ibiscycles.com In 1965, at age 11, Scot acquired his first ballooner by rather questionable means. The irresistible late 1940s model Schwinn was in a neighbor’s garage when he spied it. Always one to make a deal, Scot quickly ...
Becoming a family man was the impetus behind Glenn Odell’s initiation into mountain biking. “After the children, Mathew, Seth and Alisa, became old enough to begin camping, I began looking for a way to accelerate my return to the outdoors. ...
Web Site: www.boure.com By the time he was 32, Ned Overend had climbed to the top of the world, both literally and figuratively. With much younger men in pursuit, Overend won two world mountain bike championships in August 1987; one ...
In High school I competed in tennis, swimming, and basketball. One of my most memorable trophies was the “gutter hugger award” bestowed on me by my swim team my first year of competition. I learned that I could rise out ...
“A class act” in the words of Charlie Cunningham. Don’s input both at home in Crested Butte and in California, helped the technological side of biking to progress in a cohesive manner. On the trail, Don first saw, appreciated and ...
Wende’s willingness to communicate about mountain biking attests to the central position the sport has in her life. As Wende talks about riding her stories relate humor and stories with great history.
...On the Mountain Biking scene from the early 1970’s, Erik Koski has seen and helped shape the change from the heavy 1930’s single-speed balloon-tire bikes to high tech lightweight space age materials and full suspension.
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