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Let's see your historic mountain biking pics
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Posted 11 months ago #
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Anyone realise or care what this photo represents? Any idea who the riders are? I know who they are, just asking the masses... In an attempt at educating the youth of today about the past (passed) masters.
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Anyone realise or care what this photo represents? Any idea who the riders are? I know who they are, just asking the masses... In an attempt at educating the youth of today about the past (passed) masters.
All that carry-on with the mega can be written off as enthusiasm for a new bike, but this? This is just Unabashed knobbery...now get tae!
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Nope, dont care. Theres more to mountain biking than racing.
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Its Myles Rockwell being chased down Mammoth mountain during the Reebok Eliminator by Jason McRroy.Can't remember what year.
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Also looks like a retro yeti he's on.. Love that headtube logo! Could have googled Miles Rockwell to get an idea of what years he rode for Yeti but would only have done so to appear as if I knew it so won't bother!
To be fair to 2retro4u wasnt he one of the original repackers?? So in fairness to his handle, he's prob gonna have a stack load of important MTB pics!!
ps, not meaning to be rude retro, sure you mentioned your real name a while back but can't remember and even if I could not my place to "out" you!!
Anyways, I like the old pics, take me back to when I was about twelve and reading about mtbs in mags!!Posted 11 months ago # -
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That video is ace
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Any idea who the riders are?
Yep - was just about to post then I saw Rorschach's reply. Are we right then?
That Tomac pic is class!
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ha, is that what DH used to be like?
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This is a very important bike in the history of the sport.
Am sure someone else knows what it is....
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the classic mcroy pic
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Rob2 +1
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That's the one!
Tomac - Check
Drop bars - check
Tioga disk back wheel - checkThere is a bike shop over here with one of those Yeti frames he raced on, (as in he raced it, not just a replica), and those AlpineStars shoes he raced in, go there just to inspired every so often. Class.
We need a picture of Tim Gould winning the world champs hill climb
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Am sure someone else knows what it is....
it's a Cleland Clunker!
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McRoy = LEGEND.
RIP
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Anybody recognise this, or any of the riders sitting down?
(You bloody well should do!)
Guess the year without clicking on the link!
ygp3ACA by PeterPoddy, on Flickr
ygp3ACD by PeterPoddy, on FlickrPosted 11 months ago # -
Dave Hemming in the blue T-shirt looking to his right. Malverns, early/mid nineties. Is that Steve Peat in the Kona shorts?!
Can't recognise any of the others though which is a bit crap - give me a clue
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Rockwell and JMC - awesome race! Rockwell leads to the last few turns and JMC sticks a pass for the win! It was 1993. I was in Boston (US,not Lincs!) on a family holiday and saw it live on TV and still remember it clearly!
edit - doh, just watched the YouTube video - amazing race!
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Paul Plunkett on the left in yellow & blue skinsuit
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Tomac's seatpost is amazing!
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CaptainFlashheart wrote: "This is a very important bike in the history of the sport"... ..."Am sure someone else knows what it is...."
Brakes wrote: "Its a Cleland Clunker!"
I like the idea of a Cleland Clunker but Clunkers were modified from existing Scwinn bikes whilst this is the purpose built around a custom made frame. The Cluncers were American and this is English designed and made. The Clunkers used 26" wheels and this is a 29er. It was designed by Geoff Apps who is holding it in the photo and the frame was made in Liverpool by Bill Whitcomb who I believe was an apprentice of Harry Quinn. The photo was taken in early 1984 and appeared in the second edition of Bicycle Action that same year. Gary Fisher and other US pioneers new about this bike about 1981, though the poor availability of its 700c and 650b Finnish snow tyres meant that they were not a practical alternative for early mountain bike production. But Gary's experience of using these larger tyres may have inspired him to commision the WTB to make some 29" Nanoraptor Tyres and so make the manufacture of modern 29ers possible.
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