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In august of 1896 a group of buffalo soldiers and a liutenant when on a "mountain biking trip" to test the bicycles in the military.
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In the 1940's cyclocross became a sport. Cyclocross consists of riding road bikes off road fith nobby tires and jumping over barriers. It was invented by road cyclists as a way of staying fit in the winter.
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A group of 20 young french cyclists created a sport remarkably similar to modern day mountain biking.
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The first mountain bike enthusiast in the United States. He built a bike that he called a "woodsie bike"
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Also known as the "Morrow Dirt Club", these men invented thumb shifters for there mountain bikes and used brakes form motor cycles.
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In 1976 Gary Fisher and a few other famous mnames in the cycling community put on one of the first wellknow bike race in Marin county in which you would race up a 2.9 mile dirt track.
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Mountain biking made its debut as an Olympic game at the Atlanta Games in 1996, with a cross-country event for men and women.
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The technology really started to get better and become what it is today. The 29er was born, the full suspension, and disc brakes were being used.
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Hydraulic disc brakes became common on the nicer bikes. Suspension had been vastly improved and is produced by companies such as "Fox", "Rockshox", "Marzoochi", "Magura", and "Manitou".
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Youth are becoming interested in all shapes of cycling especially mountain biking. Youth cycling teams are appearing everywhere.
