What old Mountain Biking books have you got?
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A book from 1988
just found a first edition of the venerable Mountain Biking Handbook by Barry Ricketts – printed in 1988
There's some fantastic stuff in here. Fluro Overburys, Ridgebacks and, as a closing piece at the back, an introduction into the bike of the future – the 'lightweight but ultra-stiff carbon/kevlar frame' Kestrel MXZ (complete with biopace rings)
And not a single pic of suspension – well there wouldn't be would there? :roll:
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Got me thinking though – wouldn't it be great to have a modern book on retro bikes, a look back at all the old stuff. What worked, what didn't. Maintenance tips that are fitting for all our old-school kit rather than all this modern (over-engineered) stuff [he says, looking at the NRS over in the corner]. Noticed even the mags are starting to sit up and take notice of our little world.
just found a first edition of the venerable Mountain Biking Handbook by Barry Ricketts – printed in 1988
There's some fantastic stuff in here. Fluro Overburys, Ridgebacks and, as a closing piece at the back, an introduction into the bike of the future – the 'lightweight but ultra-stiff carbon/kevlar frame' Kestrel MXZ (complete with biopace rings)
And not a single pic of suspension – well there wouldn't be would there? :roll:
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Got me thinking though – wouldn't it be great to have a modern book on retro bikes, a look back at all the old stuff. What worked, what didn't. Maintenance tips that are fitting for all our old-school kit rather than all this modern (over-engineered) stuff [he says, looking at the NRS over in the corner]. Noticed even the mags are starting to sit up and take notice of our little world.
) and a 'How to ride MTB's' one.
Got the Brant Richard/John Stevenson Mountain Bike Repair Book (or summat like that), really cool with an RC100 on the front cover and lots of really old skool bikes inside.....lots of MTB trail guides and at the weekend I angle grinded off a padlock on an old blanket box full of VCR tapes and found an unopened copy of Dirt :shock: :shock: I didn't even know I had it....that has to be watched if only for the JMR content
EDIT...blimey you can still buy it :shock: :shock:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Bikes- ... 98&sr=1-17
EDIT...blimey you can still buy it :shock: :shock:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Bikes- ... 98&sr=1-17
Dug out some more, we have
Pro Mountain Biker by Jeremy Evans and Brant Richards
The Original Mountain Bike Book by Bob Van Der Plas and Charles Kelly
MTB Pro Masterclass Riding techniques by Paul Hinton
A Gear Higher, the bicycle racers handbook of technique by Keith Code and David Gordon with foreword by Marla Streb
All have some great old stuff in them and probably got more too, love looking back at all the great pictures
Pro Mountain Biker by Jeremy Evans and Brant Richards
The Original Mountain Bike Book by Bob Van Der Plas and Charles Kelly
MTB Pro Masterclass Riding techniques by Paul Hinton
A Gear Higher, the bicycle racers handbook of technique by Keith Code and David Gordon with foreword by Marla Streb
All have some great old stuff in them and probably got more too, love looking back at all the great pictures
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