Mountain Biking - Mountain bike stars of yesteryear...

Maybe a little overdue, but here's a thread to my mountainbike heros...in a sense of their achievements in the sport of mountainbike racing.

I think it was on the cover of Mountain Bike magazine that I saw a picture of John Tomac riding a decent that got me into mountainbiking in the first place...so here below, are my stars...

Tim Gould

http://www.richmatthews.homestead.com/files/TIMGOULD.jpg

British mountainbike champion for many years, an inspiration uphill..in 1995 he came back from a brain operation to retake the British mountain bike title.

Thomas Frishneckt

http://www.richmatthews.homestead.com/files/thomasf.jpg

The ever ready Swiss mountainbike and cyclo-cross star who's never very far behind the World Cup leaders...been with Ritchey for what seems a lifetime

Ned Overend
http://www.richmatthews.homestead.com/files/NEDOVEREND.jpg

What can I say...he's still going, and still at the top of the game too! :D

John Tomac

http://www.richmatthews.homestead.com/files/tomac89eryeti.jpg

The style guru who's done everything in the sport, from cross country to downhill, and won pretty much everything else...what a guy!

Well, that's mine...what's yours?

Rich

I would have to say mine are Greg HerBold and Hans Rey.

Rich - I remember all those guys but how can you forget the gorgeous dead pirahna wearing downhill diva Missy Giove :eek: ?!?!



http://www.stphoto.com/giove/images/00-9250-02.jpg

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Overend during last year's U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Real nice guy. I'd say he's my favorite "mountain bike star of yesteryear...)

Originally posted by Astra
Rich - I remember all those guys but how can you forget the gorgeous dead pirahna wearing downhill diva Missy Giove :eek: ?!?!

http://www.stphoto.com/giove/images/00-9250-02.jpg

Hehe, you're right!

And I also left out heroines like Sara Ballentine, Julia Furtado and our own gutsy Caroline Alexander.

:)

Rich

Cool ! I remember them all as well :). G*d, I can't wait to get my bike back :p .

Hehe...can't wait to see the new photo's of your bike man!

I'm having Pace forks put on the Kona in the next few days to have a bit of a break from suspension.

He's a picture of 'Katie' before she undergoes surgery!

Rich

Well... neither Frishknecht nor Giove are really stars of yesteryear since, as far as I know, they're still in the game -- though Frischi doesn't ride for Ritchey anymore, since there isn't a Ritchey team for 2002.

My big mountainbiking hero of yesteryear was Steve Tilford. He epitomized the true grit of the sport. I remember him riding as a privateer -- and doing very well -- on the circuit in the early 1990s, on a self-maintained Bridgestone.

He was a great roadie, a truly great mountain biker, a cyclocrosser and, guess what? He's still racing and winning in his 40s, and doing Iron Man triathlons. This guy is one hard dude.

Other greats of my youth... Tomac, of course, Juli Furtado, Lesley Tomlinson [I always harboured more than a deep admiration for her ;)], Rishi Grewal, Tinker...

Oh yeah, and Herbold and Rey. Who couldn't admire those guys...

[Not bad for a roadie, eh?]

Rich, What are your existing forks - are they 1" or 1 1/8" headset ?

Originally posted by velocipedio
Well... neither Frishknecht nor Giove are really stars of yesteryear since, as far as I know, they're still in the game -- though Frischi doesn't ride for Ritchey anymore, since there isn't a Ritchey team for 2002.

My big mountainbiking hero of yesteryear was Steve Tilford. He epitomized the true grit of the sport. I remember him riding as a privateer -- and doing very well -- on the circuit in the early 1990s, on a self-maintained Bridgestone.

He was a great roadie, a truly great mountain biker, a cyclocrosser and, guess what? He's still racing and winning in his 40s, and doing Iron Man triathlons. This guy is one hard dude.

Other greats of my youth... Tomac, of course, Juli Furtado, Lesley Tomlinson [I always harboured more than a deep admiration for her ;)], Rishi Grewal, Tinker...

Oh yeah, and Herbold and Rey. Who couldn't admire those guys...

[Not bad for a roadie, eh?]

Very impressed! :)

I liked Tinker too...he seemed like a nice guy too...riding soem rather sexy custom painted Kliens if I remember rightly!

Rich

Originally posted by Astra
Rich, What are your existing forks - are they 1" or 1 1/8" headset ?

they're 1 1/8"...I got them for £199.00 from bonthrown bikes I think.

They've got some great deals on last years forks too! :)

Rich

@rse ! Mine's a 1". Do you have a website URL for the place with the fork deals ?

Hi Astra,

Urm, not to hand, but it should be in either MBUK or Mountain Bike rider.......they've got loads of late deals on forks...

Cheers

Rich