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 . . .
Pinkbike Story on the Fro Riders: www.pinkbike.com/news/FRO-riders.html The “Fro Riders” are Richie Schley, Wade Simmons and Brett Tippie. They’ve been called pretty much everything over the last decade and a half. Freeriders. Froriders. Pioneers. Godfathers. Crazy.
...It is with great pleasure that I nominate Alan Bonds in the Pioneer category of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Alan has been an integral part of the Marin fat-tire scene since the mid-1970s. Sometime in early 1976, Alan ...