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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Maurice Tierney, Dirt Rag Co-Founder and Publisher Shares the Story of the Mag

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Maurice and his partner Elaine started Dirt Rag back in 1989. For decades the magazine documented the sport and for many carried with it the very soul of mountain biking.

Maurice talks about how mountain bike gear and culture has evolved over the past three decades, and his recent decision to cease operations at the iconic publication.

--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks

Transcript

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0:00.0

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Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure.

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Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.

0:16.0

Until the 2nd of February, from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst. You can't see me, but I'm wearing an awesome single-tracks hat right now.

0:25.3

It's actually the reason my voice sounds so amazing.

0:27.8

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0:31.6

Go to shop.s.com to find single-tracks hats, t-shirts, stickers, tubular headwear, and can coolers.

0:39.0

Shipping is free within the USA and your purchase helps support the single tracks podcast.

0:44.1

That's shop.singletrax.com and thank you for your support.

0:48.8

Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today my guest is Maurice Tierney.

0:56.3

Maurice and his partner Elaine started dirt rag back in 1989 as a 16-page black-and-white

1:02.9

zine that was passed among friends.

1:05.5

For decades, the magazine documented the sport, and for many it carried with it really the soul of mountain biking.

1:12.5

So thanks so much for joining us, Maurice.

1:15.3

Hey, you bet.

1:16.8

So take us back to 1989.

1:19.2

What did mountain biking mean to you at that time?

1:22.8

Well, I just started reading bike magazines and saw an ad for a $500 mail order Supergo access

1:34.4

with Salza approved STEM and RM25 rims and Dior components. It was a really good value for $500, but it didn't really make too many friends at the bike shops I was visiting after that.

1:53.1

But I, you know, I just really got into it and really got passionate really quickly and bought myself this mountain bike for Christmas of

2:01.7

1987 and by the end of 88 we were planning on launching dirt rag.

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