Renegades Of Bike Culture
Written by Boston Biker on May 27Academia!
From Youtube:
Today’s hipsters and their fixie bikes are not the first to embody the too-cool-for-school persona of the cyclist. In the 1970’s, counter-culture types in the mountains north of San Francisco took to careening down Mount Tamalpais. They were riding for adventure, for exploration, and as a way to interact with the landscape; they were not riding for exercise. Sarah McCullough, whose PhD dissertation at UC Davis explores the history of mountain biking, explains how this group of renegade cylists invented the sport.
FEATURING: Sarah McCullough, Cultural Studies, UC Davis
For more information:
Mountain Biking and History Archive: http://www.bikinghistory.com
The Grateful Dead Archive: http://www.gdao.org
Special thanks to David Takemoto-Weerts at US Bicycle Hall of Fame and Otis Guy: http://www.usbhof.org
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