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Miscellaneous

Photos Exclusively of Wende Cragg

C42• Wende Cragg poses while changing lenses at Camera Corner (Switchback #2), Repack. Wende and Larry Cragg took maybe 1000 photos at Camera Corner during the 24 Repack races from October 1976 to May 1984.
B58• Wende Cragg above Coast Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, CA, May 1979.
C43• Wende Cragg riding across San Anselmo Creek in Cascade Canyon. Elliot’s Preserve, Fairfax, April 1979. She’s wearing an Excelsior X T-shirt printed and painted by Alan Bonds. Wende is responsible for most of the photographs taken during mountain biking’s formative years.
C44• Wende Cragg riding her 1978 Breezer alongside a patch of snow near Loon Lake, Crystal Basin in the Sierra Nevada, CA, Summer 1979.
C44.8• Wende Cragg riding her 1978 Breezer across granite near Loon Lake, Crystal Basin in the Sierra Nevada, CA, Summer 1979.
C45• Wende Cragg riding her 1978 Breezer on granite rocks with Loon Lake in the background, Crystal Basin in the Sierra Nevada, CA, Summer 1979. Wende Cragg (with then-husband Larry) took many of mountain biking’s early photos.
C46• Wende Cragg riding her 1978 Breezer on trail with Loon Lake in the background, Crystal Basin in the Sierra Nevada, CA, Summer 1979. Wende Cragg (with then-husband Larry) took many of mountain biking’s early photos.
C47• Wende Cragg poses with her 1978 Breezer at Pearl Pass’s false summit, 1979 Pearl Tour. Castle Peak in background. Wende Cragg took many of mountain biking’s early photos. This one by Joe Breeze.

Misc., from Wende Cragg’s Collection

C49• Gary Fisher sliding sideways on Shaver Grade aboard his black 1980 Ritchey MountainBike.
C49.5• Gary Fisher racing at Tilden Park cyclocross race, Berkeley, CA, circa 1980.
C50.5• Owen Mulholland slides around Repack’s Camera Corner (Switchback #2), May 1984. Last Repack race.

Joe Breeze Fabricating First Breezers (photos taken by Wende Cragg)

C51• Joe Breeze mitering tubing for first Breezers on the lathe. Vertical
C52• Joe Breeze mitering tubing for first Breezers on the lathe.
C53• Joe Breeze mitering tubing for first Breezers on the lathe.
C54• Joe Breeze mitering tubing for first Breezers on the lathe
C55• Joe Breeze bending a chainstay for one of the first Breezers on arbor press. Previously bent chainstays in background.
C56• Breezer #1, fitted with Breezer #1 fork, awaits geometry check. The twin lateral tubes were to reduce lateral flexibility of the long frame.
C57• Breezer #1, fitted with Breezer #1 fork, awaits geometry check. The twin lateral tubes were to reduce lateral flexibility of the long frame.
C58• Joe Breeze welding one of the first ten Breezers on welding jig.
C59• Joe Breeze welding one of the first ten Breezers.
C60• Joe Breeze welding one of the first ten Breezers on welding jig.