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 ===== Clunkers ===== ===== Clunkers =====
  
-Clunkers((Or sometimes spelled Klunker with a "K."  Klunker first appears in print in Crested Butte in 1978.  The Repack group and local newspapers used "Clunker" from about 1976 to 1982 and gradually both words became interchangeable.)) were the link from bikes to mountain bikes.+Clunkers((Or sometimes spelled Klunker with a "K."  Klunker first appears in print in Crested Butte in 1978.  The Repack group and local newspapers used "Clunker" from about 1976 to 1982 and gradually both words became interchangeable.)) were the link from road bikes to mountain bikes.
 The [[people:repack|Repack]] race started in 1976 with clunkers: converted cruisers with added gearing, coaster brakes and 26" knobby tires. The [[people:repack|Repack]] race started in 1976 with clunkers: converted cruisers with added gearing, coaster brakes and 26" knobby tires.
 The need to go faster and survive the 1300' Repack drop in less than five minutes created better frames, forks, brakes and gearing which became the MTB.  To be sure, the 70's clunkers were downhill worthy: seven of the top ten Repack times were on clunkers((These are from the twenty four official Repack races, which mostly occurred before mountain bikes became generally available.  In the past few years a very people have bested Gary Fisher's 4:22 record using fully suspended bikes.  See [[https://www.strava.com/segments/1129111|Strava Repack DH Historical]].)) The need to go faster and survive the 1300' Repack drop in less than five minutes created better frames, forks, brakes and gearing which became the MTB.  To be sure, the 70's clunkers were downhill worthy: seven of the top ten Repack times were on clunkers((These are from the twenty four official Repack races, which mostly occurred before mountain bikes became generally available.  In the past few years a very people have bested Gary Fisher's 4:22 record using fully suspended bikes.  See [[https://www.strava.com/segments/1129111|Strava Repack DH Historical]].))
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