smelly
04-29-03, 07:11 PM
How/when did they come about? Also what did people do befor the mountain bike? I remember my older brother telling me that they used dirt bikes or BMX's as off road bikes, befor Mt. bikes came out. :beer:
Mountain Biking - history of Mt. bikes?
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Maelstrom
04-29-03, 08:58 PM
http://www.thatguy.com/marin/culture/history.html
Theres a start.
Theres a start.
smelly
04-29-03, 10:52 PM
So what did people use befor mountain bikes? You know, back during the 80's!!! BMX dirt bike's?
Maelstrom
04-29-03, 11:07 PM
nope...my uncle rode modified 10speeds...I would say that the roots of mtb lie more with adventerous roadies than bmxes or MX riders looking for more variety...at least from what I have heard and read.
Raiyn
04-29-03, 11:07 PM
Bikes like this:
http://www.cookbros.com/Images/Total-Builds.jpg
They're still produced by Cook Brothers (http://www.cookbros.com/) Good solid single speed cruiser bikes.
http://www.cookbros.com/Images/Total-Builds.jpg
They're still produced by Cook Brothers (http://www.cookbros.com/) Good solid single speed cruiser bikes.
Maelstrom
04-29-03, 11:11 PM
http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/history.cfm
http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/history.cfm?page=4
another linke going WAYYYY back.
Another one with more 'recent' ties
http://library.thinkquest.org/11569/html_home/html_mbiking/history.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/caterpillar/457/page7.html
There are many version of history I just did a quick search for "mountain bike history" on google. :)
http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/history.cfm?page=4
another linke going WAYYYY back.
Another one with more 'recent' ties
http://library.thinkquest.org/11569/html_home/html_mbiking/history.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/caterpillar/457/page7.html
There are many version of history I just did a quick search for "mountain bike history" on google. :)
MichaelW
04-30-03, 03:57 AM
People have been exploring off-road tracks for decades. In the UK, there is a club dedicated to off-road riding, established in 1955. The riders used touring bikes with low gears and fat tyres.
Members of the club did some epic rides, such as solo crossing of Iceland.
If you go way back, Bianchi were building suspension mountain bikes in the 1920s, they even came with an ice-axe holder.
Off-road racing goes way back, in the form of cyclo-cross.
In the mid 1970s, there were some experiments in the UK into specialised off-road bikes, which pre-dated the Marin Co repack race. Its just that muddy trails in the Welsh mountains lack the marketing appeal of sunny California.
Members of the club did some epic rides, such as solo crossing of Iceland.
If you go way back, Bianchi were building suspension mountain bikes in the 1920s, they even came with an ice-axe holder.
Off-road racing goes way back, in the form of cyclo-cross.
In the mid 1970s, there were some experiments in the UK into specialised off-road bikes, which pre-dated the Marin Co repack race. Its just that muddy trails in the Welsh mountains lack the marketing appeal of sunny California.
georgesnatcher
04-30-03, 05:23 AM
Originally posted by smelly
So what did people use befor mountain bikes? You know, back during the 80's!!! BMX dirt bike's?
Way back in the 80's we had MTB's even though they are nothing like what you see today. I got my first one in about 1983. It had a flat bar, fat tires, thumb shifters and a steel fork.
Suspension? We did'nt need no stinking suspension!:beer:
So what did people use befor mountain bikes? You know, back during the 80's!!! BMX dirt bike's?
Way back in the 80's we had MTB's even though they are nothing like what you see today. I got my first one in about 1983. It had a flat bar, fat tires, thumb shifters and a steel fork.
Suspension? We did'nt need no stinking suspension!:beer: