Mountain Biking Hall of Fame
10-13-05, 01:12 PM
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Mountain Biking Hall of Fame
Kinda surprised that a search on this forum didn't produce any results. So here it is:
Mountain Biking Hall of Fame
Mountain Biking Hall of Fame
10-13-05, 01:27 PM
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"First fat-tire bike with a new frame and all new parts: Breezer # 1, frame and bike built by Joe Breeze for himself, Mill Valley, California, (Marin County), Oct. 1977. This was one of ten Breezers I built at the time. The frames were built of straight 4130 large-diameter, thin wall tubing. The term “clunker no longer applied to all bikes ridden on Mt. Tam.
First fat-tire bike regularly available: 1979 Ritchey/MountainBikes. In 1979 Tom Ritchey of Redwood City, California (50 miles south of Marin) started building fat-tire frames. From 1980 onward he built hundreds of fat-tire bike frames each year. These were the first bikes sold by Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly, founders of MountainBikes (later the Gary Fisher Bicycle Company). Fisher and Kelly assembled the frames into bikes and sold them for about $1400.00. In 1979, MountainBikes became the first business to sell mountain bikes exclusively.
First fat-tire bikes widely available under $1000.00: There were two; the 1982 Specialized Stumpjumper, made in Japan for Specialized Bicycle Imports of San Jose, California and the Univega Alpina Pro, also made in Japan for Ben Lawee, owner of Lawee Inc. parent company for Univega in Long Beach, Ca. These bikes, which first appeared at a bike trade show in September 1981, became available in 1982. The price for the Stumpjumper was $850 and the Alpina Pro was $695. Over the next two years, thousands of these bikes were sold."
So it's Breeze,
then Ritchey and Fisher.
Followed by Specialized.
First fat-tire bike regularly available: 1979 Ritchey/MountainBikes. In 1979 Tom Ritchey of Redwood City, California (50 miles south of Marin) started building fat-tire frames. From 1980 onward he built hundreds of fat-tire bike frames each year. These were the first bikes sold by Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly, founders of MountainBikes (later the Gary Fisher Bicycle Company). Fisher and Kelly assembled the frames into bikes and sold them for about $1400.00. In 1979, MountainBikes became the first business to sell mountain bikes exclusively.
First fat-tire bikes widely available under $1000.00: There were two; the 1982 Specialized Stumpjumper, made in Japan for Specialized Bicycle Imports of San Jose, California and the Univega Alpina Pro, also made in Japan for Ben Lawee, owner of Lawee Inc. parent company for Univega in Long Beach, Ca. These bikes, which first appeared at a bike trade show in September 1981, became available in 1982. The price for the Stumpjumper was $850 and the Alpina Pro was $695. Over the next two years, thousands of these bikes were sold."
So it's Breeze,
then Ritchey and Fisher.
Followed by Specialized.
10-13-05, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by The Knave
First fat-tire bikes widely available under $1000.00: There were two; the 1982 Specialized Stumpjumper, made in Japan for Specialized Bicycle Imports of San Jose, California.
10-13-05, 04:47 PM
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Cool,I want to go there!!
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10-13-05, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by The Knave
"First fat-tire bike with a new frame and all new parts: Breezer # 1, frame and bike built by Joe Breeze for himself, Mill Valley, California, (Marin County), Oct. 1977. This was one of ten Breezers I built at the time. The frames were built of straight 4130 large-diameter, thin wall tubing. The term “clunker no longer applied to all bikes ridden on Mt. Tam.
First fat-tire bike regularly available: 1979 Ritchey/MountainBikes. In 1979 Tom Ritchey of Redwood City, California (50 miles south of Marin) started building fat-tire frames. From 1980 onward he built hundreds of fat-tire bike frames each year. These were the first bikes sold by Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly, founders of MountainBikes (later the Gary Fisher Bicycle Company). Fisher and Kelly assembled the frames into bikes and sold them for about $1400.00. In 1979, MountainBikes became the first business to sell mountain bikes exclusively.
First fat-tire bikes widely available under $1000.00: There were two; the 1982 Specialized Stumpjumper, made in Japan for Specialized Bicycle Imports of San Jose, California and the Univega Alpina Pro, also made in Japan for Ben Lawee, owner of Lawee Inc. parent company for Univega in Long Beach, Ca. These bikes, which first appeared at a bike trade show in September 1981, became available in 1982. The price for the Stumpjumper was $850 and the Alpina Pro was $695. Over the next two years, thousands of these bikes were sold."
So it's Breeze,
then Ritchey and Fisher.
Followed by Specialized.
First fat-tire bike regularly available: 1979 Ritchey/MountainBikes. In 1979 Tom Ritchey of Redwood City, California (50 miles south of Marin) started building fat-tire frames. From 1980 onward he built hundreds of fat-tire bike frames each year. These were the first bikes sold by Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly, founders of MountainBikes (later the Gary Fisher Bicycle Company). Fisher and Kelly assembled the frames into bikes and sold them for about $1400.00. In 1979, MountainBikes became the first business to sell mountain bikes exclusively.
First fat-tire bikes widely available under $1000.00: There were two; the 1982 Specialized Stumpjumper, made in Japan for Specialized Bicycle Imports of San Jose, California and the Univega Alpina Pro, also made in Japan for Ben Lawee, owner of Lawee Inc. parent company for Univega in Long Beach, Ca. These bikes, which first appeared at a bike trade show in September 1981, became available in 1982. The price for the Stumpjumper was $850 and the Alpina Pro was $695. Over the next two years, thousands of these bikes were sold."
So it's Breeze,
then Ritchey and Fisher.
Followed by Specialized.
How long have I said it was Breeze before Fischer?
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10-13-05, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by KonaRider24
How long have I said it was Breeze before Fischer?
However the first Breezer was predated by a frame built for Charlie
Kelly by Craig Mitchell earlier in 1977.
https://www.dreambike.com/history2.htm
"The Rocky Mountain founders accompany Tom Ritchey to Japan to explore the world of durable components and frame tubing that can be fashioned into a mountain bike. Later that year, they create their first production Rocky Mountain bike - the "Sherpa" - by modifying bike parts. This is Canada's first homegrown wide tire bike."
From https://www.bikes.com/about/history/1980.aspx
Ritchey was very important in the developement, read somewhere he was instructing the japanese framebuilders in the art of Tig and brazing, and was able to get Tange to make custom tubing sets.
I've seen old Rockies with the seattube ovaled at the bb, an old Ritchey trick to keep the bb flex and weight down.
He was also able to design the custom parts needed and to get Tange to make custom tubing sets.
Yep, I ride a Ritchey alright.
Got a soft spot for him.
10-14-05, 08:48 AM
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I actually knew about it...but I love 2005
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