From our friends at Wired, The Roots of Dirt | How The Mountain Bike Evolved
In the 1970’s a group of California hippies built a new technology that changed the world. Computers? Nope. They were building the earliest commercial mountain bikes. Off-road bike pioneers Joe Breeze and Charlie Kelly explain how their “goofy hobby” turned into a global phenomenon and Olympic sport.
Also see, *pure fun in denim and plaid,”
That deserves a GIF and the saying then applies even more now, “riding away from the cops, the cars, and the concrete.”
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