Originally Posted by dahvaio
Sure?
First Mountain Bike with a Disc Brake: Tankagnlolo: Built in Spokane 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 them. The story was published in the May/June 1978 issue of Bike World Magazine, page 83.
Of course I'm sure. I may be older, but I ain't senile. I got the bike when I was still in junior high...by 78 I had already been in the Marine Corps for a year. Besides, the story you cite concerns a mountain bike...something I had never even heard of in junior high. The closest thing I had to a MTB was my old Schwinn fixed cruiser with the balloon tires and the front spring shock - flipped the handlebars, got rid of the chain guard and tore up the bridle paths with it.
This was a JC Penney 10-speed road bike, nice one too, I had it all of one summer before it got stolen.
Edit: looking at the article you cited, it seems he got his disc brake to make that MTB from a JC Penney ten-speed!
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