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Mountain Bike History & Lore:
It's
more than a bit frightening to see the stuff I'd squirrelled away over
the years. I did manage to miss the obvious at some point during some
move, and stripped down my collection of Fat Tire Flyers to what must
have struck me as "pertinent bits" But, that was back in the
days when a 14.4 kps modem was pretty high tech stuff, scanners were
the stuff of dreams and hard drive space topped out in the 20-40 mb
(that's megabytes) range. So, it didn't occur to me to digitize them
and it certainly didn't occur to me to store them online.
Luckily, I saved a few other things, which are herewith presented. There's more, and you'll probably see this area morph and change a bit as things get pushed off into their own sections.
Right now, there's a separate section for Ibis and for Salsa. If you have things of interest, let me know!
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Bike Postcard Set - "The Art of the Mountain Bike"
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Ads from the Fat Tire Flyer |
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Village
Peddler - Larkspur - 1985
They ran a similar ad in most FTF's. I really like the "rambling off-roader" feel to the photo - very different from the image these days. |
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MountainBikes - "Race Them Ourselves" - 1984 This was from a single page torn out of an old FTF - date estimated by the letters on the same page. |
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| Norba News Bits | Another Rollercam Cover | ||
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Rollercam Boot DIY Project - 1986 The measurement on the long angle on the top left and right of the drawing (under the "D - I - Y" ) should be 2 3/4" - if you are using this page for a template, you might want to use the printer-resolution 150 dpi scan |
CamKover Rollercam Boot from C&K Mfg, San Anselmo When I was going through a file to get a higher rez version of the DIY project at left, I came across a "New Products" page in the March/April 1986 Fat Tire Flyer. This one uses a more familiar design to my eye. I remember seeing a few of these, though I'm not sure they were made by this company. Keeping crud out of your Rollercam, especially during the awkward chainstay-mounted-rear-brake perioid. I have a higher rez scan here if you need more detail. |
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Articles from the Fat Tire Flyer |
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Artifacts
from the History Boxes
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| Breezer Headbadge - I think I nabbed this off of a closeout list from Merry Sales Co. It still has the protective plastic on it. Still one of my favorite headbadges. | This is a save the trail flyer from about 1996, according to the newspaper/letters dates on the back. | ||
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Some Photos I had in the folders |
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Rockhopper 4 Lungs - May 1984, Annandel State Park, Santa Rosa, CA |
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History Projects
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Please note - this section is currently under development Last updated: October 12, 2008 |
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