What about Dave Cullinan? He was sick!! I remember seeing him do a nac-nac in a dual slalom race at Deer Valley many years ago when only Jeremy Mcgrath was doing nac-nacs at the time. Talk about prgressive! Cully rocks!!
Who is your favorite old school MTB'r?
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I thought it was Gary Fisher you were in love with. Oh yeah, Gary Fisher is the only person who loves Gary Fisher.OGRipper said:
Yeah, the artificial heart valve he had to get cured his sickness though.Brandon@Realm26 said:
MisterClean said:
Well he did invent mountain biking.
duh
but yes...........your claim is true
Inventive of him, wasn't it?kidwoo said:
Ned..
Buffalo soldiers my ass.
Gary fischer invented mountain biking.
Ask anyone in marin.
Pay no attention to the fact that bicycles predated asphalt by a century.
Enjoy the irony won't you?
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148562&highlight=stumpjumper
Gary fischer invented mountain biking.
Ask anyone in marin.
Pay no attention to the fact that bicycles predated asphalt by a century.
Enjoy the irony won't you?
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148562&highlight=stumpjumper
I'm doing a night ride in Marin tonight and will ask.
Ask the ranger you come accross on the singletrack on Tam.OGRipper said:
They know the most.
kidwoo said:
Route is still TBD but chances are good we'll end up on part of Repack at some point. You know, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING. We'll get this settled once and for all.
Me 
Cracked the 4 0h this year.
Cracked the 4 0h this year.
Johnny T.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he race DH, DS, and XC on the same bike of his own design and do quite well in all 3? I think I remember that happening.
I hate shaun palmer. Natural athlete, sure. Came out of nowhere and tore up snowboarding and downhill. Still a cocky bastard who contributed very little to the sport. My opinion, like him if you want.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he race DH, DS, and XC on the same bike of his own design and do quite well in all 3? I think I remember that happening.
I hate shaun palmer. Natural athlete, sure. Came out of nowhere and tore up snowboarding and downhill. Still a cocky bastard who contributed very little to the sport. My opinion, like him if you want.
Palmer, hands down
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If he is old school then I'm old (pretty crummy at 24). I say Tomac and Furtado. I remember when Tomac almost doubled at worlds in DH and XC. I believe it was a win in XC and second in DH. We will never see a racer that could do both events so well in our time.Snacks said:
napalm...
he was a blast to watch...
he was a blast to watch...
John Tomac.
OGRipper said:
Well I asked a few different people but they proved unreliable sources for information on who invented the mountain bike - I really don't think it was Chuck Norris.
Nobody's mentioned Missy. I guess she's really not that OS since she just officially retired in '03-'04, but she sure has been around for a while.
OGRipper said:Well I asked a few different people but they proved unreliable sources for information on who invented the mountain bike - I really don't think it was Chuck Norris.
Not who invented the mountain bike.......who invented mountan BIKING. It's a much dumber question who's answer can't be found in anything quantitative.
It said who the first company to use the term mountain bike in an issue of Bike a while back........can't remember......may have have been gary fisher.......
tomac in a landslide.
Dang. Well with the motley bunch I rode with last night the answer probably would have been the same.kidwoo said:
Missy is up there.
Nobody mentioned Victor Vincente of America either.
http://www.vva2020.com/
jdschall said:Nobody's mentioned Missy. I guess she's really not that OS since she just officially retired in '03-'04, but she sure has been around for a while.
You beat me to the punch. She's definitely my #1 because she's one of the riders who inspired me to start downhilling
As for men, Tinker is still one of my favorites. Incredibly nice (and modest). Almost knocked over his bike once too
I didn't really have any respect for Missy as a rider until I saw her place 5 or 6 in the pro field at the street crit during Cactus Cup in '95? She's not one of my favs, but the fact that she, a pro dh'r, blew away all those other pro XC'rs put her up a notch in my book.