FAT TIRE FLYER Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking

Kelly, Charlie (Inscribed) & Joe Breeze

ISBN 10: 1937715167 / ISBN 13: 9781937715168

Published by Velopress, 2014

About this Item

Fine inscribed first edition 2014 (compolete number line) in Near Fine dust jacket with price intact. Inscribed by Kelly on the title page dated 10/24/14. 258 pages, unmarked; DD0224 ST3; 11.3 X 1 X 9.7 inches; 258 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 53878

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FAT TIRE FLYER Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking
• Publisher: Velopress
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937715167
• ISBN 13: 9781937715168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Rich with first-hand descriptions and bursting with original photographs, drawings, and memorabilia, Fat Tire Flyer is the definitive history of one of the most significant inventions of the 20th century.

Charlie Kelly -- co-founder of the MountainBikes company with Gary Fisher, organizer of the Repack races, and chronicler of the sport -- now delivers the true, complete, and often unbelievable history of the rise of mountain biking and its lasting culture.

It all started with a small crew of bicycle-obsessed hippies bombing the downhill trails of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County, California. As the friendly competition intensified on the steep dirt trail they called Repack, history's first mountain bikers began craving an upgrade from the old Schwinn cruisers they had rescued from the junkyard. With the single-minded focus found only among the truly obsessed, this rag-tag group sparked a rapid evolution that transformed the castoff Repack bomber into the modern mountain bike, a refined and elegant machine that quickly became the top-selling bicycle in the world.

About the Author

Charlie Kelly is one of the founding fathers of mountain biking. He's written for VeloNews and Bicycling, and is currently the U.S. mountain bike correspondent for Rouleur and Privateer magazines. He and Gary Fisher founded MountainBikes, selling Tom Ritchey's first mountain bike frames as complete bikes. Charlie was also the founder and reigning official of the Repack mountain bike races in Marin, California. He was founder, editor and publisher of Fat Tire Flyer, the first mountain bike magazine. He is the supreme archivist of the origin of the sport of mountain biking.