Those of us who post-date 90’s mountain biking often think it was all lycra and bunny hops, but if this recently unearthed GT I-Drive advert is to be believed, the pre-Atherton days were actually a lot like Burning Man but without the drugs and music. Video below, along with some choice stills.
Perhaps, just perhaps this video answers why bikes, despite being the perfect gasoline independent form of transportation, are almost never shown during the apocalypse.
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What tyres for the apocalypse? Or goggles?Nomadic warrior of the wastes reacts to controversial study on compulsory helmet laws. Or she’s just singing Tina Turner songs.Quality accessorising on this helmet. Is sun cream as fought over as petrol, we wonder?Do not adjust your set.Exactly the kind of big finish you’d expect from the Utah desert.
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
I thought you said without the drugs?
I ronic?