Web Site: www.wtb.com A Brief Autobiography Related to Bicycles – by Mark Slate Off-road cycling began for me in 1971 on the fire protection roads of Mount Tamalpais. Several fast, steep descents on a Schwinn Ten Speed at the ragged ...

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!

Carole Bauer made her mark on mountain biking in the little town of Crested Butte where she was one of the original “Biking Betties” of the early 1980’s.

In 1972, Craig & Gary Cook (the “Cook Brothers”) started making BMX forks and frames using chrome-moly tubing. A longer version of the fork became popular on Southern California beach cruisers as an aftermarket accessory.

A bicyclist most of his life, and a mountain biker since the early 1980s, Al Farrell got involved with NORBA in 1983, and has since become the only honorary life member of that organization.

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 ...

John Tomac was still a youngster when he began winning bike races; and at age 17, in 1984, he won the National BMX Cruiser Class Championship. Since then, “The Tome,” has crossed over into both road racing and mountain bike ...

This is from an article in Bike Magazine in June 1994 written by Ted Costantino. Here on the worn-out East Coast, where everything has a history, the big book of mountain bikes starts with Chris Chance. Even as the first ...