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  Hans Rey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rey is a pioneer in bike trials riding and extreme mountain biking.
In 1999 he was inducted to the Mountain bike hall of fame.
Over the years he has won a large number of bike trials riding championships, but since 1997 has retired from competitive sports to explore the world on his mountain bike.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans_Rey   (149 words)

  
 Mountain biking - KnowledgeIsFun.com
Mountain biking can be done anywhere from a back yard to a gravel road, but the surface of choice is tight, twisting, hilly, rocky trails known as single track.
In 1988 the Mountain bike hall of fame was founded, to chronicle the history of mountain biking, and to recognize the individuals and groups that have contributed significantly to this sport.
The North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia is a world-renowned mecca of mountain biking.
www.knowledgeisfun.com /O/Of/Offroad-cycling.php   (1268 words)

  
 Fame
Fame Fame is the condition of being known to the general public.
Hall of Fame Various fields of endeavor have established a Hall of Fame which honors individuals of noteworthy achieveme...
Notable Halls of Fame: Baseball Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame Roc...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/fame.html   (1572 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Mountain biking Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mountain biking is a form of cycling which uses very sturdy bicycles with straight handlebars and wide tires.
Mountain biking (Mountain bicycling) is a form of cycling which uses very sturdy bicycles with (usually) straight handlebars and wide tires.
Although the first thing to say about mountain bike racing is that it need not take place on a mountain (a range of terrain, from remote alps to city parks) for common biking mountain countries and special bikes are preferred.
www.ipedia.com /mountain_biking.html   (750 words)

  
 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame FAQ
bikes of today are a hundred times more fun to ride than bikes from 20 years ago, and a hundred times less fun to sell.
Later on I wrote a book on mountain biking that sold fifteen or twenty copies, and now is so out of date that it is laughable.
Among the exhibits at the Hall of Fame are my original Breezer bike from 1977, which was the second mountain bike ever built by Joe Breeze, and a complete collection of the Fat Tire Flyer.
www.sonic.net /~ckelly/Seekay/mtbhallfame_faq.htm   (1545 words)

  
 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame - The History of Mountain Biking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame believes that the inception of mountain biking needed to be a continuous series of events that connected with one another as opposed to an isolated incident.
We believe that the continuous history of the mountain bike is most evident in Northern California.
The origins of mountain biking were totally innocent.
www.mtnbikehalloffame.com /history.cfm   (466 words)

  
 The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame - Crested Butte, Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Crested Butte, Colorado, was founded in 1988 to chronicle the history of mountain biking.
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum (MBHOF) is located in downtown Crested Butte at 331 Elk Avenue within the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum.
As of 2004, the MBHOF has inducted 91 individuals and 3 groups who have made major contributions to mountain biking, the inductee’s photos and biographies line the walls of the museum.
www.mtnbikehalloffame.com /home.cfm   (236 words)

  
 IMBA News: Trail News: March 1999, Volume 12, Number 1, Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum seeks 1999 nominations
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum is seeking nominations for the 1999 induction ballot.
The Hall of Fame asks that a nominee have at least 10 years as an active mountain biker.
We ask if you are featuring a Hall of Fame inductee in your endeavors, please make mention of the fact that they are a MBHOF Inductee.
www.imba.com /news/trail_news/12_1/itn_12_1_hof.html   (250 words)

  
 Spoke'n Word 2000 on mtbike.mountainzone.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mountain bikers had the ability to climb the big climbs, hammer the descents, and motor through the flats thanks to the added "clubs" Keizo had placed in their bag.
He is a genius so well suited to a mountain biking and the Hall of Fame: gregarious, competitive and adventuresome, driven with a lance tilted at the limits of the establishment.
Linda DuPriest began her involvement with mountain biking as a rider, racer and bike-store wrench in the mid-1980s.
mtbike.mountainzone.com /2000/spokenword/html/081100.html   (2161 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE - MTB Hall of Fame names 2004 inductees
Plan to attend the 17th Annual Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 7th, 2004 at 6:30 P.M. The ceremony is held during the annual Interbike Trade Show which is located at the Sand's Expo and Convention Center.
Mountain biking has allowed Tom to fulfill his dream of traveling all around the world.
He was always in a state of semi-controlled mayhem on his bike; after all he didn't even run brakes!" Bryn does have kind memories of Paul "Paul is the kind of person that is always true to himself and is always consistent in his integrity.
www.velonews.com /pr/prn/articles/6873.0.html   (3130 words)

  
 REY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Through his spectacular mountain bike trials shows and adventures, Hans has made himself a name far beyond the mountain bike scene.
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1999, many TV appearances worldwide, over 150 magazine covers,....
Livigno is one of the towns, they are hosting the Mountain Bike World Championships this year, they are building a Bike Park and they have 12 mountain bike specific hotels.
www.alwaysmad.com /rey/rey.php   (1829 words)

  
 North carolina auto racing hall of fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The NASCAR hall of fame would be located in the Charlotte-Concord area,...
Hall of Fame coach Gaines dies at 81 - Full Story (April 19, 2005)...
North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame 119 Knob Hill Rd., Mooresville, NC LakesidePark (704) 663-5331 The Hall of Fame is the Official Visitor Center for...
www.wushulink.com /north+carolina+auto+racing+hall+of+fame.html   (1152 words)

  
 Singletrack - 2003 Hall of Fame Nominations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum of Crested Butte, Colorado, is seeking nominations for the 2003 induction ballot.
Neither of the British-based fathers of mountain biking are in the Hall of Fame yet.
JMC should be in the hall of fame as he got so many Brit riders into the DH scene and proved that they could compete with the best and beat them.
www.singletrackworld.com /article.php?sid=925   (1073 words)

  
 Breezer
This specific bike now resides in the Oakland Museum, #2 is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and #9 is in the Shimano Museum.
The Ignaz X is loosely based on the early mountain bikes that were made out of converted balloon tire bikes.
His Breezers were the first all-new bikes built with rugged frames specifically for what would only later be called "mountain biking." Breeze became a leading designer and proponent of a sport that has gotten more people on bikes in the western world than at any time since the 1890s.
www.firstflightbikes.com /breezer.htm   (2075 words)

  
 NASCAR - Nascar Hall Of Fame
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Crested Butte, Colorado, was founded in 1988 to chronicle the history of mountain biking. Since the sport’s ...
Hall of fame and museum preserving the history of the sport of volleyball and honoring its athletes, teams and organizations.
Hall of fame and museum preserving the history of the sport of volleyball and honoring its athletes, teams and organizations. Located in Holyoke, MA.
www.thenascarguru.com /nascarhalloffame   (3239 words)

  
 Mountain Bike Welcome
We had taken the bikes as far as we could on the frames we were using, and we had run into the problems with using old frames for off-road riding.
Joe Breeze has compiled the complete Repack statistics for mountain bike historians and I have added a lot of graphics and photos for the page.
Old Mountain Bikes has collected all the early literature from the Mountain Bikes company, which saved me the trouble.
www.sonic.net /~ckelly/Seekay/mtbwelcome.htm   (2606 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mountain bike hall of fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gary Fisher (born 1950) is considered an originator of the sport of mountain bike racing.
Edmund Ned Overend (born 20 August 1955) started in mountain biking in the early 1980s.
Mountain biking (Mountain bicycling) is a form of offroad cycling which uses very sturdy bicycles (the mountain bike or cross-country bike) with (usually) straight handlebars and wide tires.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mountain-bike-hall-of-fame   (159 words)

  
 Dirt Rag {Web Rag: News}
Gary believes one of the greatest challenges facing the mountain bike industry today continues to be maintaining the youthful exuberance and excitement of the formative years of the sport.
The mountain bike community had to prove to land managers in New England that allowing mountain biking on their trails would be more beneficial than harmful.
IMBA is the national voice of mountain biking in Washington DC, not only with regard to this year's important Transportation Bill, but also in ongoing negotiations with federal land managers such as the BLM, the USFS, and the Army Corps of Engineers.
www.dirtragmag.com /web/news-article.php?ID=144   (2612 words)

  
 Pinkbike.com: Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Pinkbike.com: Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame will induct six individuals at Interbike, Las Vegas, this Sunday, October 6th 2002.
Mountain Bike Journalism would not be the same without Elaine and Maurice Tierney.
www.pinkbike.com /modules/news?op=articleview&id=945   (473 words)

  
 Singletrack Ranch - John Stamstad Bio
After being inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 2000, Stamstad retired from competitive racing and became the director of Singletrack Ranch®.
In 1991 Stamstad switched to mountain biking when he entered Montezuma’s Revenge—a 24 hour wilderness race in Colorado in which competitors are required to climb a 14,272 foot mountain—Gray’s Peak.
In ’97 the race was changed to the Iditasport Extreme and distance of the race was increased from 170 miles to an arduous 350 and went across the Alaska range of mountains.
www.singletrackranch.com /jrs_bio.htm   (313 words)

  
 IMBA News: News Releases: Only One Month To Go For The Mountain Bike Hall Of Fame 2000 Nominations (03-14-00)
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum, now in it's thirteenth year of existence, is seeking nominations for the 2000 induction ballot.
The Hall of Fame asks that a nominee have a minimum history of 10 years as an active mountain biker.
We inducted four individuals and two clubs from Europe in to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
www.imba.com /news/news_releases/03_00/hall_of_fame.html   (345 words)

  
 Sorta Cutting Edge News - No. 12
From the early 1980s on, the Rochester-based company produced a slew of small-wheeled road bikes and Holstein-hued rigid mountain bikes for the female set.
In the late 1990s, however, major bike suppliers like Trek and Specialized moved into the game—and they wouldn’t be content to push cow-colored bikes.
In 1999, they produced women’s-specific versions of fairly high tech mountain bikes (such as their 8000 model).
www.bikemag.com /news/cutting_edge_12   (617 words)

  
 MTB News and Notes: Hall of Fame; KOM and Olympic Whistler
The group ride was followed in the evening by a ribbon-cutting ceremony back at the MTB Hall, where the whole town, and anyone who happened to be passing through, was invited in for hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine and a first look at the new digs.
If you're interested in finding out more about the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame check out their Web site at www.mtnbikehalloffame.com, and if you happen to be anywhere near Crested Butte this summer - or any other - get on your bike and go for a ride.
One of North America's hottest mountain biking destinations got some huge news on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2010 Winter Olympics had been awarded to the Vancouver-Whistler area.
www.velonews.com /race/mtn/articles/4315.1.html   (591 words)

  
 MTB Hall of Fame: The Class of 2002
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum is pleased to announce its 2002 inductees.
He was cofounder of the Canadian Off-Road Bicycle Association, founded the oldest continuously run mountain bike race in Canada (Vedder Mountain Classic) and organized the first (unofficial) Canadian MTB Championships in 1984.Hall of Famers Joe Murray, Max Jones and Dave Wiens had their racing days with Kona.
It was determined that the challenges were great, and the group decided to pursue establishing a national group to advocate for mountain bikes.
www.bikemag.com /news/mtbhof_2002   (1086 words)

  
 Mountain bike action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Juliana Furtado, one of mountain biking's most decorated competitors was unbeatable in her time.
She already holds a place in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Crested Butte, Colorado, and now she will be inducted in the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
She joins John Tomac, who was the first mountain biker to be inducted to the USBHOF in 2004.
www.mbaction.com /detail.asp?id=1497   (132 words)

  
 IMBA News: News Releases: IMBA Board Member DuPriest Selected For Mountain Bike Hall Of Fame (08-10-00)
DuPriest, who joins IMBA pioneers Don Douglass and Jim Hasenauer in the Hall of Fame, is currently the Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator for the city of Austin, Texas.
She was one of the early leaders of the cycling community's campaign to support TEA-21, which is now known as Bikes Belong.
DuPriest is one of five Hall of Fame inductees this year.
www.imba.com /news/news_releases/08_00/08_10_dupriest.html   (216 words)

  
 Mountain Biking ~ The Alpineer | Crested Butte, Co
Many believe that true mountain biking began in Crested Butte in the 1970’s.
Most of the older trails around here have been slowly transformed into bike trails by the number of people who ride them and actively maintain them.
Leading the effort of maintaining and constantly expanding the riding opportunities in the area is the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CBMBA), a very active local organization that is affiliated with the national organization IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association).
www.alpineer.com /html/mt-bike.html   (297 words)

  
 Colorado Mountain Bike Trail Guide
The Meadow Mountain loop (Eagle County, northeast of Minturn)
Mountain biking in the Rio Grande National Forest (southwestern Colorado)
Biking is allowed on national forest land but is strictly prohibited (along with motorized vehicular traffic) in wilderness areas.
www.single-serving.com /USA/CO/trail.php   (1924 words)

  
 Bolivar Bikes: The feel of steel is like no other.
Beneath Bolivar Mountain, racing in the shadows, tearing at the scarred crust, lurk the new riders of the lost skid.
Riding in all weather, these bombers test their machine, dreaming of the day when other racers will help nurture the sucker that still grows at the base of the mountain bike tree of history.
Russ and the Morrow D.C. had recently been inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall Of Fame, during the summer of 1996, a.k.a.
www.johnnycallahan.com /bikes.htm   (744 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mountain Bike Madness (Enthusiast Color): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I could potentially claim that they were the mountain bike pioneers, but as in much of history, there was most likely no one person, location, date, or singular event that was the watershed for the modern sport we know today.
From XC to freeride and downhill, no matter your style of riding or environment to ride in, there is something here for all mountain bikers and cyclists to be excited about.
Mountain Biking is my newest obsession-- The book is great-- It got me pumped and now I feel like I know something about it-- Mount Tam here I come!!
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760314403?v=glance   (888 words)

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