As one of the breeding grounds of the nascent sport of mountain biking during the 'seventies, the town of Fairfax was originally uncomfortable about its identification with the original downhill races.

Then thousands of mountain bikers showed up and spent a lot of money in Fairfax for a couple of decades, causing the town government to take a more relaxed attitude. As in downright encouragement.

Now the town is honoring its roots with a permanent work of public art, paid by public subscriptions. The main motif has yet to be assembled, a depiction of a "klunker" rider that is about a meter high, but here are a few shots of the work as it is progressing.

Well Salinas made their peace with John Steinbeck so I reckon Fairfax can do this with some pride.

thats ace

Funky!

Glad to see there are no helmets involved

Could we buy Geoff Apps a sprocket?...

All the best,

Delighted to see that C.

I feel the irony, and on the back of that feeling I hope a fitting tribute is made.

Yesterday the town of Fairfax closed its main street to auto traffic in a celebration called "Streets for People." As part of the event the main motif for the Repack monument was unveiled.

Here is the sponsor wall. Each sprocket represents a $150 contribution to the publicly funded project.



Here is the main figure. If you look closely, you can see the tiny red label on the right hip pocket indicating "Levis" brand jeans. The only kind I wear.





The image used by the artists is a reversed version of the following photo of me around 1977.

Very cool

Really cool indeed!!:)
and having you're photo immortalized on a monument is top!

absolutely brilliant!

The artists have added a few new elements to the work previously described. First, here is an overview of the project, which covers two low walls that guard the entrance to a car park.



This weekend a bench was added, four seats and backs. The backs honor the major sponsors including top riders Joe Breeze and Gary Fisher. Wende Cragg was honored by an anonymous donor. The bench seats feature reproductions of Brooks saddles. (The football has no meaning. It was just there when I shot the photo.)











The artists also reproduced the original race posters.

Heading to CA next week, shall definitely make it to Fairfax before leaving.

Pretty neat.

That's a nice bit of colour to brighten up a car park entrance.

Cheers for posting CK.