From Marin County's Seventies Clunker to the Durango World Championship 1990
A History of Mountain Biking in the USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12219230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frédéric Savre (Lyon 1 Université, corresponding author), Jean Saint-Martin (0000-0002-5880-0495, Lyon 1 Université), Thierry Terret (Lyon 1 Université) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1942-1967 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2010.491624 |
| OpenAlex | W1979823002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
Between the 1970s, during which several enthusiastic cyclists rode off-road, and the 1990s, during which the first Union Cycliste Internationale World Championship took place in Durango (Colorado), different steps contributed to the success of mountain bike in the US. Inventions took place throughout the period from Gary Fisher's mechanical improvements in 1975 to Joe Breeze's first specialized frames made in 1977. In the same fashion, the ‘Stumpjumper’ was sold on a large scale in 1982, making it the first industrially-produced mountain bike, which led to a new stage in terms of commercialization. The mountain bike opened a new market in the cycling industry and certainly became more financially accessible to a large number of people. This sport, which began in the US, became a worldwide outdoor sport in the last decade of the twentieth century when the Olympics welcomed it with open arms at the Atlanta Olympic Games
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Early Alpine mountain bike events
Les premiers rassemblements alpins de vélos tout terrain
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |