Maybe it’s an age thing but like most kids who grew up in the 70’s I never got ‘into’ bikes or ‘chose’ MTB’ing like say tennis, or kite surfing or whatever. Riding bikes was 100% the norm – as kids we all rode bikes from day one – every evening and in the hols/weekends from morning till night as soon as you were old enough to venture out alone – about age 8 to10 in those days! Bikes, playing in the woods, climbing trees.
BMX came along around ’79 and that became my life for the next five years. Slight gap then as cars took over but got my first MTB in ’89 and still doing it nearly thirty years on. Got all sorts of bikes but no full suspension and only one of the bikes has (two) gears, the Brompton. Just a cyclist really with a preference for ‘MTBing’. Been a singlespeeder for fifteen years now. As noted by another oldie above – I like simple bikes too – no gears, no suspension (except for my main bike – a 20 year old Chameleon), fixed wheels. And well remember building ‘trackers’ too – road frames, ‘cowhorn’ bars, CX tyres – happy days.
