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<br /> who went on to become , in mountain biking
<br /> to ranked n ke O u nta I n The first and utmost major development from BMX that changed the
<br /> e racers entire thought and design of bicycle forks is credited to UNN KASTAN.
<br /> * In 1974,as owner of Redline,Linn designed and developed the first
<br /> tubular chrome-moly fork. Since`then, everyone has followed-not
<br /> only in BMX but with ATB's as well as many of
<br /> ;‘ , A r Y Y today's road bikes.
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<br /> +� • t ', Many of the big-name brands of mountain bikes were originally"BMX
<br /> 1 • t i garage companies".Names now synonymous with mountain biking,
<br /> * �'►" t i such as GT,Nara,Redline,Diamond Back and Mongoose,all gottheir
<br /> ' �i '4 z, start in the world of BMX. In one form or another, the knowledge
<br /> '; r, learned in BMX frame design was used by these companies when•¢ . - j' designing then first mountain bikes.-
<br /> __ ' Although inferior and written off as a total flop,the first mono-shock
<br /> 9 p, no-shock
<br /> CHERI ELLIOTT and full-suspension bikes were first made for BMX in the early 70's.In
<br /> KHS DAVECULUNAN PEDDtEPpjyfq 1974,Yamaha's"Moto-bike"featured front and rear suspension,but
<br /> DBR , `'` -�..�
<br /> �,���.�,, due to extreme weight and too much travel, rigid bikes went on to
<br /> JOHN TOMAC -
<br /> - become the norm.At the some.time,Yamaha's biggest competitor,
<br /> Giant�oga TERRY TENETTE LEIGH'DONOVAN Kawasaki,intro''d`their own slick version of a suspension BMX bike.
<br /> "- The Kawie'goes down in bicycling record books asthefirstALUMINUM
<br /> WAYNE CROASDALE BILLY GRIGGS ; - ., frame to be fixed with dual shocks in the rear A definitebreakthrough
<br /> Specialized: Haro KIYOM[.WALLER in bicycle design:: :_ .",:`-',7,'. =
<br /> ° ParkPre a Early BMX_companies such as Littlejohn,Mathews,Redline and Webco
<br /> MIKE KING were the first:companies fo`introduce the "-mono-shock" frame
<br /> C,T PETE LONCAREVICIt :.design-yet another"BMX firs#°'that would toter_be used in similar
<br /> ParkPre . form for mountain biking.' -
<br /> rf � TOBY HENDERSON
<br /> , ., Iron Horse 1 ..i ' ._,
<br /> : 1.JjJ is .1 it -
<br /> �, . ; who went On, to bec Vie`
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<br /> � top exec tive in..-,t e.
<br /> ERIC.CARTER ' ; # i cyc e in us 1
<br /> �,� DosEquis/Barracuda STEVE GIBERSON-.
<br /> Marketing Director' 1.,
<br /> BRIAN LOPES;j` ., , '
<br /> for Specialized 4mss:,
<br /> Mongoose `- Y TODD HUFFMAN; *
<br /> '4 '��`c=• r'•� Marketing Manager "ice,s
<br /> GEOFF SCOFIELD' `.. TINKER JUAREZ for GT -_ -
<br /> GT: '- Volvo/Cannondale
<br /> the'question remains; HARRY LEARY
<br /> waLl�a they be' s great 'MarketingCoordinator
<br /> nta n b�c' `' s
<br /> rn° o t n i for Balance -•.
<br /> trey ct not ac9e bmx
<br /> at an eaarly age?. PERRY KRAMER
<br /> t' Sales Manager
<br /> Jfl !J !JiiiI'f farUit J for Giant
<br /> BOB HADLEY Z° 1
<br /> Product&Promotional i
<br /> b fS Tour future Director for ��. . �_
<br /> BRUCE_BAGLEY
<br /> "The 20 inch BMX market is where we began. I firmly believe that Sales Manager _
<br /> having been so heavily involved all those years is what has helped for KHS
<br /> make GT such a recognizable force in mountain bikes."
<br /> —Rich Long/GT TOBY HENDERSON
<br /> Marketing Director
<br /> "Tons of people kept saying, 'If you get kids on a bike when they're for Iron Horse
<br /> young,they'll stay with (that brand)." '�
<br /> —Steve Cuomo/Cannondale BOB MORALES
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<br /> Part owner of KOBE, jr''. .-
<br /> owner of Morales bikes, — - _� -
<br /> "I think it has definitely helped in our success.Mongoose,GT and founder of MJB ad agency s'~• -'
<br /> Haro;the three of us have definitely benefited. Kids have grown up the question remains:
<br /> thinking these brands are cool,so when they go into a bike shop, will It future industry
<br /> they've been familiar with that name." moguls S e ex-bmx racers
<br /> —Jim Ford/Haro
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