Richard Cunningham

In the summer of 1976, Chris King created his first sealed bearing headset in a Santa Barbara, California garage. Aluminum scraps and discarded medical instrument bearings were used for those first pieces, showing the manufacturing and social ethics that underpin ...

Tinker Juarez, as you undoubtedly know, is one of mountain bike racing’s most enduring icons. With his trademark dreadlocks, Tinker is also one the sports most recognizable figures.

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Tom Ritchey is a former national level racer, passionate rider, and resourceful product designer with a unique, common sense approach to building the best road and mountain components available. Tom was on the scene with other pioneers in the early ...

At age 20, Ed purchased a bicycle shop without ever having ridden a 10-speed. So, obviously, this man was intended to become a pioneer in the sport of bicycling!

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In the category of advocacy, Michael Kelley’s efforts and accomplishments have risen to counter the constant crusade against off road cycling. Northern California led the way in inventing the mountain bike, but also in the battle for access. Trail closures ...

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 ...