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Old 12-11-16 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Hey, the first "mountain bikes" were all coaster brake equipped. Google "repack road."
"Repack" was the name given to a trail in Marin County that Gary Fisher and the early mountain bike adopters rode. It's name came from the concept that in one ride down the trail the heat generated by your coaster brake would cook out all of the grease so you had to repack your hub.
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