Why weren't ATBs a development of BMX?

[MattiThundrrr]

Come on up to Canada, we were having fun in the woods when BMX was being born

1975 CCM Bobcat - BMXmuseum.com

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1978 CCM Commander 950 - BMXmuseum.com

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1974 Norco DirtMaster - BMXmuseum.com

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We already talked about the Norco Pro Cruiser, but check out this one, the oldest I've seen, from 1978

1978 Norco 26 - BMXmuseum.com

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[MattiThundrrr]

I'd like to provide counter programming. Here's the Hall of Fame entry for the Koski brothers. Plenty of evidence that BMX and motorcycle pioneers were involved in the development of atb

The Koski Family's Cove Bike Shop | Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

The Koski Family (Earl and Lil, sister Kris and brothers Erik, Dave and Don), worked together at their Cove Bike Shop, a comprehensive shop they founded in ...

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"Don and Dave’s motocross background gave them a leg up in sourcing off-road parts for bicycles. In this period, before the internet, before mainstream bicycle magazines discovered the sport and before the founding of mountain bike magazines, mountain biking was barely known outside Northern California. In 1980, the family produced the “Trailmaster” catalog, the industry’s first mountain bike mail-order resource. It listed complete bikes for sale including Breezer, Laguna Cruiser and ProCruiser, and also framesets from Champion and Cook Brothers."

The first ever mountain bike catalog had bikes by at least 3 BMX bike builders

 

[MattiThundrrr]

How about Sturmey Archer using a BMX cruiser to force Raleigh into the mountain bike game?

Throwback Thursday: A Pristine Lawwill Knight Pro Cruiser That Has an Important Place in Mountain Bike History - Pinkbike

The Lawwill Knight Pro Cruiser was the first production mountain bike, and this one is in pristine condition.

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Fantastic history from the original owner, a Product Manager at SA.

On the Lawwill Pro Cruiser:
"the bike borrowed heavily from the worlds of BMX and motorbike racing and therefore a lot of the features on this bike were well ahead of their time including the 1x drivetrain, hub-mounted brakes, four-bolt handlebar stem, and extra-wide bars."

 

[grey-beard]

How about Sturmey Archer using a BMX cruiser to force Raleigh into the mountain bike game?

Throwback Thursday: A Pristine Lawwill Knight Pro Cruiser That Has an Important Place in Mountain Bike History - Pinkbike

The Lawwill Knight Pro Cruiser was the first production mountain bike, and this one is in pristine condition.

m.pinkbike.com

Fantastic history from the original owner, a Product Manager at SA.

On the Lawwill Pro Cruiser:
"the bike borrowed heavily from the worlds of BMX and motorbike racing and therefore a lot of the features on this bike were well ahead of their time including the 1x drivetrain, hub-mounted brakes, four-bolt handlebar stem, and extra-wide bars."

I wonder what happened to the bike?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I wonder what happened to the bike?

Moved to another living room wall?