Back in the day for me is late 90s as I only started MTBing in 1997, so here’s one from 1999 (I think) of me and my friend Russ:
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This is on the Iron Lemmings (Black Mountains \ Brecon Beacons) and this bit as you can see is a bike carry, and if I remember correctly a 1000ft vertical climb… some points to note:
– I have no hair
– We wore lycra (still have those mt500s)
– My bike is a Marin Wolfridge
– some chaps kept their helmets on 😯