1985 NORBA Nationals

NORBA 1985

Thanks to Dean Bradley we bring you this shot from the start line of the 1985 NORBA Nationals, held in a burnt out field in Santa Barbara, CA. As you can see, all the big stars are in attendance on their cutting edge equipment. As was par for the course in the mid eighties, Joe […]

Pink Stumpjumper

Pink Specialized Stumpjumper

This shot is from the Gant Challenge race in Chicago’s Lincoln Park back in 1984. The bike pictured is the first Team (pink) Stumpjumper ever built. It was custom made for me by Jim Merz with Tange tubing and raced with 26×1.75” tires. When I joined Specialized/Team Stumpjumper, the bikes available were limited to off-the-shelf […]

1977 Breezer, Series-1

$750 complete in 1978! Check out the great video after the jump! (Is Joe Breeze the coolest guy or what?) Via Pinkbike

Keyesville Classic Vintage MTB Stage Race

The Keyesville Classic is in its 28th year this year. As part of the fun, they have a “vintage” category, where you can bring your old school Ritchey, WTB, Salsa, Cunningham, Yeti or whatever and have fun! Annual Vintage MTB gathering. Three days of vintage mtb riding and “racing”. We have our own vintage class where we […]

Ask a Founder: a Talk with Keith Bontrager

These “Ask a Founder” videos by Bike Magazine run a bit long, but this one with Keith Bontrager is definitely worth watching if you have the time. There is some great stuff about dumpster diving, his motorcross background, Paul Turner, how the industry moved from a craftsmanship to engineering focus, the original V-brakes, the Trek acquisition, his […]

Albert Eisentraut

I snagged this pic of Albert from this site, which hosts an article on Albert Eisentraut from an 80s issue of Bicycle Guide. Eisentraut is generally considered to be the father of all modern American framebuilders.

Otto

This is Jacquie Phelan’s Cunningham (named “Otto”) which she raced professionally for more than nine seasons. The photo below is featured in The Competition Bicycle. You can read more about this and other legendary Cunningham bikes at Cunninhambikes.com

Mongoose Supergoose

This is what started it all for me: the Mongoose Supergoose. This isn’t my bike (it was posted over at BMX Museum), but I had one that was very similar. Now I’d really like to get a Kos Kruiser…

Andy Hampsten’s Huffy

Serotta built most of the “Huffy” bikes for 7-11 in 1988, but after Andy’s frame broke at Fleche-Wallone, he had John Slawta build him a new one. So Hampsten won the Giro d’Italia on a Land Shark. More pics and details at cyclingnews.com

Pauls Rear Derailleur

Remember these? They were introduced in 1995 for close to $300. As Paul Price says in this interview with Dirt Rag, the derailleurs helped put him on the map, but they almost sank his company. Then XTR came along, demand dropped off, and Paul turned his focus to the growing singlespeed scene. One more pic […]