First Mountain Bike with a Disc Brake, Tankagnlolo, And First Mountain Bike in the Pacific Northwest

Built in Spokane, Washington in the spring of 1974, for riding in snow, Bob Crispin widened the frame of a Schwinn Varsity and added the unique features of a Shimano Disc brake and Shimano alpine gearing. The following summers found him riding the trails of Spokane and having others ask him to build bikes for […]

Gary Fisher’s 1938 Schwinn-built B.F. Goodrich (Excelsior-type), Fairfax, California, September ’74 or summer ’75. This much-photographed bike is equipped as it appeared in late 1978, but it is basically circa 1976. Photo Credit: Wende Craig