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===== Craig Mitchell Overview ===== | ===== Craig Mitchell Overview ===== | ||
- | Craig Mitchell was asked by Charlie | + | Craig Mitchell was asked by Charlie |
+ | ((See production note [[# | ||
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+ | The first custom mountain bike frame that I know about was built for me in 1976 by a friend named Craig Mitchell. | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | The bike has been lost to time (in Australia somewhere?) | + | The bike has been lost to time (in Australia somewhere?(([[https:// |
Craig later went on to help found [[http:// | Craig later went on to help found [[http:// | ||
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{{cm.jpg? | {{cm.jpg? | ||
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- | E. T. Whippet. | + | E. T. Whippet. |
</ | </ | ||
- | <div column 50% #jbx1> | + | <div column 50% #s1976> |
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- | ===== Craig Mitchell ===== | + | ===== 1976 Craig Mitchell ===== |
- | The true first mountain bike? It used all klunker components with Excelsior geometry. And proved to not be good enough.((http:// | + | The true first mountain bike? It used all klunker components with Excelsior geometry. And proved to not be good enough.(([[http:// |
This is the only known photograph of this bike. | This is the only known photograph of this bike. | ||
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{{charles.jpg? | {{charles.jpg? | ||
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- | JBX1, the origin of the species. [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/ | + | Charlie Kelly going down Repack on the first Craig Mitchell.\\ |
+ | [[http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/artofmountainbike.htm| Charlie Kelly' | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | <div column 50% #s1977> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ===== 1977 ===== | ||
+ | Craig Mitchell on a Sunday Morning ride. Shimano 500/600 rear derailleur (1976-82.) | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1977.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1977. Photo by Wende Cragg. | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #s1977b> | ||
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+ | ===== 1977 ===== | ||
+ | The same bicycle as above, hanging in [[https:// | ||
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+ | Note the elevated bottom bracket for improved ground clearance. | ||
+ | Shimano 500/600 rear derailleur (1976-82.) | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1977b.jpg? | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | 1977. Photo by Gene Maruszewski. | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #s1980> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ===== 1980 ===== | ||
+ | Perhaps the first downhill specific MTB, and it is built for speed. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1980.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1980, photo by Dean Bradley | ||
+ | [[ https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #s1981> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ===== 1981 ===== | ||
+ | SunTour Vx-GT rear derailleur, ((//" | ||
+ | num=108& | ||
+ | MAFAC Criterium brakes (1946-1985) (painted black). | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1981.jpg? | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | 1981 | ||
+ | [[ https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #s1982> | ||
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+ | ===== 1982 ===== | ||
+ | //" | ||
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+ | A slightly more evolved downhill machine than the faired downhill cruiser from 1980. Yet the components look more primitive. | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1982.jpg? | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | 1982, Photo by Gene Maruszewski. | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #misc> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ===== Miscellaneous ===== | ||
+ | {{craig.jpg? | ||
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+ | Craig Mitchell, [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{part.jpg? | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | Craig made parts as well... [[https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ==== Production Notes ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP #prod1 /> | ||
+ | [1]. First bike in Fall 1976: [[http:// | ||
+ | <WRAP #prod2 /> | ||
+ | [2]. Craig Mitchell continued to produce a limited number of custom mountain bikes. [[https:// |
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