The "Repack" race posters
11-09-16, 01:57 AM
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The "Repack" race posters
These images were the first advertising of any kind for a "mountain bike" event, before that term had been coined.
Encouraged by Joe Breeze, I have Photoshopped the original images of the Repack race posters from 1978 and 1979. The original posters were cheap photocopies, but the enhanced images are stunning. So I will post them here.
I did not print these posters for advertising. Two years after the first race on October 21, 1976 (40 years ago last month), it had become a "thing." I decided to create documentary evidence of my involvement in case anyone made a competing claim. The artist was my roommate, Pete Barrett, a cartoonist who also did the graphics for the MountainBikes business cards and stationery.
The second poster advertises two events, the "Appetite Seminar" ride on Thanksgiving, and a race a few days later. The poster could just be inverted after the first event.
This one was the "Evening Magazine" race, filmed by a KPIX crew and shown nationally in 1979. Some of the footage turned up in Klunkerz. (Hi Bill)
Encouraged by Joe Breeze, I have Photoshopped the original images of the Repack race posters from 1978 and 1979. The original posters were cheap photocopies, but the enhanced images are stunning. So I will post them here.
I did not print these posters for advertising. Two years after the first race on October 21, 1976 (40 years ago last month), it had become a "thing." I decided to create documentary evidence of my involvement in case anyone made a competing claim. The artist was my roommate, Pete Barrett, a cartoonist who also did the graphics for the MountainBikes business cards and stationery.
The second poster advertises two events, the "Appetite Seminar" ride on Thanksgiving, and a race a few days later. The poster could just be inverted after the first event.
This one was the "Evening Magazine" race, filmed by a KPIX crew and shown nationally in 1979. Some of the footage turned up in Klunkerz. (Hi Bill)
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Fantastic Charlie!
Such cool history- we're lucky enough to get it first hand!
Such cool history- we're lucky enough to get it first hand!
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11-09-16, 07:58 AM
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So great to see these, thanks for sharing 'em! Good to be reminded of where it all began.
11-09-16, 08:30 AM
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Those are awesome ! The artwork reminds me too of the early advertising illustrations for bike equipment.
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Those are awesome!
Also:
Either your cartoonist friend wasn't a cyclist or the guy in the Nov. 26th poster is riding an Australian bike... The derailleur is on the wrong side! :LOL:
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Either your cartoonist friend wasn't a cyclist or the guy in the Nov. 26th poster is riding an Australian bike... The derailleur is on the wrong side! :LOL:
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Those were interesting times alright, changed the face of everything bicycle-wise. Turns out mountain biking wasn't the fad I had predicted it would be at the time. 
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Amazing! Thanks @Repack Rider! Any plans to do some print runs of these?
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Amazing! Thanks @Repack Rider! Any plans to do some print runs of these?
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