Early MTB photos.

[slackboy]

there's a lovely article by Wende Cragg over on Radavist about early mountain biking in Marin - with some great photos. Take a look - is there anything similar from the early british scene?

I Learned to Fly… On A Mountain Bike: Wende Cragg Documents the Birth of Mountain Biking – Wende Cragg

As a kid, I wanted to fly. Like Superman. The recurring dream never materialized but the fantasy took flight when I met the mountain bike. The history of the early mountain bike is often seen through the lens of a handful of guys who modified their old Schwinns back in the mid-1970s. However, as...

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[M-Power]

Big Wende C fan here. So lucky she recorded the early days so well for posterity.

 

[eric_james]

small to the left large to the right

 

[M_Chavez]

Was looking at old bike photos with a [very] young chap at work a while ago.
- That is a funny looking gravel.
- It's an early MTB.
- No way! It doesn't have suspension!

 

[M-Power]

What id do for one of those early chrome Breezers. That whole row might be worth 1/2 million $$s + now.