Joe Breeze Talks About Making MTB History
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Joe Breeze practically invented the mountain bike and has accomplished many firsts in our sport. In 1988 he was inducted into the mountain bike hall of fame, and today he’s the curator of the Marin Museum of Bicycling. In addition to talking about how mountain biking got started, Joe gives some insight into why people feel compelled to ride bikes off road. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the beginnings of our sport, how today’s MTB culture is influenced by those early days, and where mountain biking is headed in the future.
This is the second interview in a series about the past, present, and future of mountain biking. Catch up by listening to our conversation with Charlie Kelly and look for interviews with Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher, and others coming soon.
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| 0:46.3 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today we have a very special |
| 0:51.8 | guest. Joe Breeze practically invented the mountain bike, and he's known for many firsts in our sport. |
| 0:58.2 | In 1988, he was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. |
| 1:02.1 | And today, he's the curator of the Marin Museum of Bicycling. |
| 1:06.1 | Thank you for joining us today, Joe. |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah, hey, thanks for having me, Jeff. |
| 1:09.7 | So you have a really interesting |
| 1:11.4 | background that sort of set you up to become one of the pioneers of mountain biking. Your father |
| 1:16.6 | was a big cycling enthusiast and machinist, and even early on, you were really interested in |
| 1:22.7 | the history of bicycles. What attracted you to bikes in those early days? |
| 1:32.2 | Oh, God. It might have been my dad riding his bike to work to his job as an automotive machinist way back in the early 60s. He was a big fan of bikes. But yeah, you know, it was |
| 1:39.8 | the freedom machine, as we all knew growing up as kids. and it's no different for me i just knowing kind of |
| 1:47.6 | with my father's example i guess i just had this broad spectrum of how big cycling was it wasn't just |
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