https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ 2026-05-04T16:23:05+00:00 https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2026-04-27T18:22:04+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/timeline1?rev=1777314124&do=diff 1970s 1980s 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Craig Mitchell Craig Mitchell 1977 1980 1981 1982 1 0 ? >1 ? Breezer JBX1 Series I Series II Series III 1 9 25 24 Lawwill-Knight Prototype Pro Cruiser Pro Cruiser Pro Cruiser Pro Cruiser Trail-Blazer Pro Cruiser 1 10 75 150 150 115 10000 Ritchey 1978 MountainBike MountainBike Everest Competition Commando Team Comp <5 50 150 … text/html 2026-04-27T18:20:51+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/richman/start?rev=1777314051&do=diff ---------- Jeffrey Richman Overview Jeffrey Richman's output is so small that he wouldn't normally been included in this timeline, except for his connections to the birth of mountain biking. Before Tom Ritchey delivered his first frames to Kelly & Fisher, Jeff Richman was asked by Fisher to make three mountain bikes. Jeff delivered a few weeks after Ritchey and his bikes are now lost to history. text/html 2026-04-27T18:17:24+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/?image=richman%3A1980b.jpg&ns=richman&rev=1777313844&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/_media/richman/1980b.jpg?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=3f5827" alt="1980b.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-04-17T21:53:08+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/timeline7?rev=1776462788&do=diff 1980s 1990s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Puch Bicycles Mountain jet 160 160 160 Durango Butterfly Thomisus R&E Cycles Rodriguez Montaña Mountain Touring Rodriguez Rodriguez Montana Renegade Renegade Renegade II Renegade Sierra Sierra Ricardo Bushbike Bushbike Ridge Runner Bushbike GS Karroo Kurrajong Ridgeback Ridgeback Ridgeback XT Ridgeback 531 Ridgeback S Ridgeback 531 601 SIS 703DX 700LX 707RS Rossin Adventure Mistral Lady Marathon XT… text/html 2026-04-17T21:52:07+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/rossin/start?rev=1776462727&do=diff ---------- Rossin Rossin Bikes was born on Sept 14, 1974 to supply the GBC/Itla Racing Team with bikes made by Marco Rossin, previously of Colnago. Rossin sold the first Italian made mountain bicycle. Rossin was also the first to introduce bike computers (1980,) and disc wheels (1983.) They text/html 2026-04-17T21:50:43+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/?image=rossin%3A1989.jpg&ns=rossin&rev=1776462643&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/_media/rossin/1989.jpg?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=1a140f" alt="1989.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-04-14T23:25:35+00:00 mtbtimeline (mtbtimeline@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/mantis/start?rev=1776209135&do=diff ---------- Mantis Cycles Richard Cunningham started making bikes in 1981 and founded Mantis Cycles a year later in 1982 , creating many unusual bike designs. 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