History of the Mountain Bike

Renegades of Bike Culture, or How Mountain Biking Was Invented, from the University of California’s Fig.1 series.

In the 1970’s, counter-culture types in the mountains north of San Francisco took to careening down Mount Tamalpais. They were riding for adventure, for exploration, and as a way to interact with the landscape; they were not riding for exercise. Sarah McCullough, whose PhD dissertation at UC Davis explores the history of mountain biking, explains how this group of renegade cyclists invented the sport.

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