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 ===== Pre-History ===== ===== Pre-History =====
  
-Long before the [[people:repack:start|Repack DH Race]] there were many pre-MTB bikes that would visually fit right into the timeline.   Most of these capable off-roaders didn't evolve into the go-anywhere (especially downhill) focus of the Marin mountain bikes.  The final Marin efforts to re-invent the bike worked because they had:+Long before the [[people:repack|Repack DH Race]] there were many pre-MTB bikes that would visually fit right into the timeline.   Most of these capable off-roaders didn't evolve into the go-anywhere (especially downhill) focus of the Marin mountain bikes.  The final Marin efforts to re-invent the bike worked because they had:
  
   * A decade of people Klunking on single speed cruisers through the Mt. Tam woods.   * A decade of people Klunking on single speed cruisers through the Mt. Tam woods.
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 Other bicycles came close to critical mass of MTB genesis and deserve to be mentioned. Other bicycles came close to critical mass of MTB genesis and deserve to be mentioned.
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 +{{huret.jpg?160|Huret Duopar}}
 +{{texas.jpg?200|Otis Guy's clunker}}
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 +Secret ingredients for a decent off-roader: derailleur, knobby tires & cantilever brakes.
 +\\
 +1976 Huret Duopar Titanium rear derailleur: [[https://en.der-ritzler.de/products/huret-duopar-titanium-schaltwerk|der-ritzler]]
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 +Tires & brakes: 
 +Otis Guy's Repack racer:  Uniroyal Nobby tires, fork truss, Schwinn cantilevers 
 +with motorcycle cables. [[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/coolest-interbike-bike-otis-guy%E2%80%99s-vintage-r
 +epack-racer.1171306/|mtbr]]
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   * [[http://cbklunkers.com/page.cfm?pageid=12|cblunkers]]   * [[http://cbklunkers.com/page.cfm?pageid=12|cblunkers]]
   * [[https://localfreshies.com/oldest-mountain-biking-event-in-the-world-pearl-pass-tour/|localfreshies]]   * [[https://localfreshies.com/oldest-mountain-biking-event-in-the-world-pearl-pass-tour/|localfreshies]]
 +  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040530234428/http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/history.cfm?page=4|mtnbikehalloffame archive]]
  
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 ===== Miscellaneous ===== ===== Miscellaneous =====
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 {{jfs.jpg?400|JFS}} {{jfs.jpg?400|JFS}}
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 +=== John Finley Scott ===
 John Finley Scott, a Professor of Sociology at UC Davis, owner of the Cupertino Bike Shop, first investor in Kelly/Fisher MountainBikes and also to Tom Ritchey, coiner of the term "Bullmoose Handlebars" and early designer of off road bicycles was hugely influential in guiding mountain biking's story. John Finley Scott, a Professor of Sociology at UC Davis, owner of the Cupertino Bike Shop, first investor in Kelly/Fisher MountainBikes and also to Tom Ritchey, coiner of the term "Bullmoose Handlebars" and early designer of off road bicycles was hugely influential in guiding mountain biking's story.
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 +{{tank.jpg?400|Tankagnolo}}
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 +Tankagnolo, 1975
 +[[http://mtbprehistory.blogspot.com/2007/09/mountain-bike-prehistory-tankagnolo.html|mtbprehistory]]
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 +==== Tankagnolo ====
 +Bob Crispin built up a few geared cruisers with disc brakes in Spokane Washington for trail riding, starting in 1974.  See Bob's blog at: [[http://mtbprehistory.blogspot.com/2007/09/mountain-bike-prehistory-tankagnolo.html|mtbprehistory]] and also: [[https://mmbhof.org/portfolio/1974-first-mountain-bike-with-a-disc-brake-tankagnlolo-and-first-mountain-bike-in-the-pacific-northwest/|mmbhof]]
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 +Tankagnlolo, by Bob Cripsin, 1975.  
 +1930's Schwinn Varsity donor frame, Shimano disc brakes, Shimano Crane derailleurs, cruiser balloon tire wheels.
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