Colorado-Based USA Cycling Names Bentonville, AR, New 'Home of U.S. National Mountain Bike Team'
Mountain bikes were originally and affectionately known in the mid-1970s as 'Crested Butte klunkers,' one-speed, 35-pound hunks of metal that local...
Mountain bikes were originally and affectionately known in the mid-1970s as 'Crested Butte klunkers,' one-speed, 35-pound hunks of metal that locals had Frankensteined out of Schwinn frames and modified parts. It wasn't long before cyclists were riding those klunkers past the city limits into Crested Butte's mountain valley full of old mining roads and unofficial singletrack trails. Mountain biking in Colorado has such a long and storied history that the Town of Crested Butte shares the claim as the birthplace of the sport with Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California.