Preserving Mountain Biking History
Compared to mainstream sports, and even cycling more broadly, mountain biking is still in its infancy. Despite this, the sport has developed dramatically from its origins of wild men and women flying down Californian fire roads on beach cruisers.
As a relatively young mountain biker (mid-twenties), I know a bit about the history of the sport, and iconic bikes like the GT LTS, or Nico Vouilloz’s ground-breaking Sunn Radical. Despite this, it’d be great to know more, and even better to be able to see the history in the flesh.
Enter the Australian Museum of MTB. Founded by two incredibly passionate riders, Krischan Spranz and Joe Mullan, the museum’s aim is to showcase a wide variety of bikes that were significant in the growth of the sport, with a real focus on the 1990s. Their interest in the 90s is due to the huge changes in everything from frame materials to suspension designs in that era.
