Web Site: www.kleinbikes.com, Klein Bicycle Corporation A graduate of M.I.T. in 1974, Gary Klein is now the President of Klein Bicycle Corporation, a manufacturer of aluminum bicycle frames. Gary was an early innovator of aluminum frames and began his work ...

Laird was born into a military family. His dad was an army captain and much of Laird’s childhood was spent re-locating from one military base to another. Laird learned to ride a bike when he was 5 years old in ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Bicycle Bob” Gregorio I first met Bob in 1979 at the Four Faces bike shop in Durango, Colorado. At that time I was a student at FLC and an aspiring roadie. Bob and a fellow named Forrest Yelverton, who would ...

GARY CRANDALL’s first off road experiences are rooted in northwestern Wisconsin in the tiny towns of Cable & Hayward in the late 1970’s. There the seeds of an off road bicycle event on the world renowned American Birkebeiner cross-country ski ...

Any time you refer to a mountain bike as a “Fat Tire” bike, you are using a phrase coined in 1980 by Denise Caramagno. Denise moved to Fairfax from her native New York in 1978, and immediately fell in with ...