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Thanks Graham. I've looked through a good number of the journals (there's a full set in the archive) and never have seen any bike adverts. There are specific 'Rough-stuff' shoe adverts though! Also having seen a lot of the 40,000+ photos in the archive, I can't say either I or the archivist...

J Just to add: the 1953 Woodsie was a Schwinn World diamond frame, but it did have handlebar mounted derailleur gears (source). So the Padgett bike must have been later. But the origin of "Woodsie" is definitively American.

Hi everyone… Been reading this and other threads with interest. I'm a member of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship and made two books featuring photos from their archive. The second book includes details of the links between the early mountain bikers in California and the Fellowship – Charlie Kelly...