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[Closed] So I accidentally met a mountain bike founder today

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 DT78
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Just arrived in oakhurst California, by sheer fluke the hotel we've booked is right next to a bike shop. Thought I'd pop in for a mooch and maybe pick up a souvenir.

Get talking the chap who turns out to be Rik Garner, one of the first guys to build mountain bikes back in the late 70s. He even shows me the original bike he built that Mike Sinyard of specialised "borrowed" for the design of the stump jumper, the first ever production mountain bike.

Completely unexpected, and will probably be the highlight of my trip out here!

So if you are in California and get a chance yosemite bicycles in oakhurst is well worth a visit

Now I really want to buy a venge....

 
Posted : 13/09/2014 2:41 am