Web Site: brianlopes.com Mountain biking is a brotherhood, a fraternity of sorts for millions of thrill-seekers all over the world. I challenge you to set forth an inquiry among these fellow brothers, in any of the seven continents, and I ...
Gary has been involved with bicycles since crashing into the garage in 1961 after his grandfather launched him down the driveway shouting, “training wheels are for sissies!” Despite this early setback, he became involved in the bicycle industry as an ...
Web Site: www.stphoto.com I wish to nominate Tom Moran for membership in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in the Journalism category. Tom was among the first professional photographers to document mountain biking pictorially and remains active today, at the ...
Sadly for the world Steve Ready passed away July 23rd, 2013. We have another angel watching over us! Go to this link to see Steve accept the BRAINy Award for Lifetime Achievement! http://www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2012/10/02/video-steve-ready-accepts-brainy-award-lifetime-achievement Producer of Interbike
...Jimmy began competing in the early 1980’s. Deaton raced in all six Whiskytown Races (81-86), in the Annual Rockhopper (82-90), all the Norba Nationals and the National Series Race World Championships in 1987, ’88, ’90 and ’91. Jimmy won many ...
This nomination, written by Charlie Kelly, dated April 18th 1989 was submitted to Carole Bauer, who was curator of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame at that time. I (Kay Cook) chose to re-submit this nomination for placement on the ...
Web Site: www.abundantadventures.com Tom Mayer began riding dirt trails in his 20 acre backyard in 1959. It wasn’t until 1963 that desire to explore made him seriously begin riding the back-country trails near Durango, Co. At the time, the widest ...
A native of Colorado Springs, Mike grew up in a large family (5 brothers and 1 sister). He began building bicycles at an early age; his first was when he was in the seventh grade. This bicycle had a cruiser ...
Born Michael Hiltner, at some point this racer, rider and promoter christened himself with two words for “winner,” thus the catchy handle for this mildly eccentric personality. But the moniker is far from unfounded: during the 1960s, he road-raced his ...