Mountain Bike History Documentary

2002 mountain bike manufacturers start mass producing 29ers to help riders clear obstacles and climb more efficiently as opposed to the standard 26 inch tires of the time.

Mountain bike history documentary. It examines the relationships of the marin county hippies athletes and entrepreneurs who were directly responsible for popularizing off road cycling the film includes many interviews with those present during the embryonic stages of the sport including. The mountain bike also known as klunkerz. In the late 1960s through the 1970s a group of cyclists in northern california s marin county turned the bicycle world upside down by taking their adventures off road. With joe breeze gary fisher charlie kelly tom ritchey.

A feature length documentary about the origin of freeride mountain biking. Directed by william savage. Over the golden gate bridge another movement started. Using archival footage photographs and interviews the film tells the story of the early days of mountain biking.

The story of how mountain biking was born in 1970 s san francisco featuring the godfather of the sport gary fischer salvaged bikes called klunkerz due to the sound they made that look more like death traps and a lots of hanging on because they didn t really have proper brakes back then. We love watching mountain bike videos online but sometimes 5 minute edits are just too short and leave us wanting more. In the 1970s san francisco was the vortex of american counter culture. The kids here scavenged bikes from junkyards and adapted motorcycle parts and a billion dollar industry was born.

A film about mountain bikes is a 2006 documentary about mountain bike history during its formative period in northern california. In the backwoods of british columbia canada three small but dedicated crews of adventure seekers were quietly changing the course of a sport and carving their paths in history.