BBC4 - the story of the bicycle
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:58 pm
There was a show on BBC4 the other night - 'Ride of My Life - The Story of the Bicycle'
Interviewed Joe Breeze and Charlie Kelly (early MTB pioneers), riding the original mountain bike downhill course in California - Repack.
Named as by the time they got to the bottom of the trail, the brakes were in the hub - drum brakes (remember those bikes?! ) - all the grease had boiled out of the hub and it had to be 'repacked'
Course record held by - guess who - Gary Fisher.
First race won in 1976 by the only rider who didn't crash!
Interviewed Joe Breeze and Charlie Kelly (early MTB pioneers), riding the original mountain bike downhill course in California - Repack.
Named as by the time they got to the bottom of the trail, the brakes were in the hub - drum brakes (remember those bikes?! ) - all the grease had boiled out of the hub and it had to be 'repacked'
Course record held by - guess who - Gary Fisher.
First race won in 1976 by the only rider who didn't crash!