>From an interview of Matt Marcus (early eastern MTBer) by Blue Ridge Outdoors on some predecessors to what we know as klunkers:
*MM:* Back when I owned the bike shop in the 90s, I came across this story > on this sheet of paper about how back in the 1920s during Prohibition > moonshiners made these bicycles with gearing that they used to run the > moonshine over the mountains from Dryfork, W.V., in Randolph County. That’s > the story and if I ever find it again I’ll send it to you. I don’t even > know where it came from. > But it wasn’t one group. Hundreds of people all over the world discovered > mountain biking. It was just the guys out in California that finally took > it to production. They’re the ones who pulled it off. It seems like there > are more bike shops in California and Florida than anywhere else in the > U.S. and its because of the climate and terrain. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 5:25:08 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > That is an interesting video, and interesting hair. I wish they'd show a > smoking coaster hub, though. > > Notice too the no retention pedals and "ride in what you're wearing" > clothing. > > I was interested to hear whatzizname say that the sport had really started > 10 or so years earlier; what, mid to late '60s? Nil novum, etc. > > Can anyone identify the year or at least specify the period? Late '70s? > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hey, regarding the new riv-posted video... >> >> 1) dig pre-famous gary fischer! >> 2) dig hair! >> 3) dig the pre-boscos >> 4) dig the diagatube pre-hunq >> 5) does anyone see Grant hiding somewhere in there?????? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle > > *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
