Throwback Thursdays

Throwback Thursdays: 1984 Rockhopper Race, Annadel State Park

Team WTB rider Roy Rivers, tearing up the Annadel course with a smile. The Rockhopper Races held at Annadel State Park in the early 80's were pretty legendary.  Many mountain bike greats showed up...

Throwback Thursdays: 1993 Specialized Tire Line (Designed by WTB)

Want to buy some Specialized tires?  Better yet, want to buy some Specialized tires that were designed by WTB?  Well, above is a price list from 1993 and, yet again, proof that WTB did design plen...

Throwback Thursdays: Weir Shredding, 1999

Mark Weir is recovering from a serious injury involving an Oak tree limb falling, pinning him down, breaking his pelvis in 3 places as well as breaking his sacrum.  So, I've dug up some embarrassin...

Throwback Thursdays: 1986 WTB Modified Seat Tube Pump

Made by Zefal, modified by WTB, the 1986 Internal Seat Tube Pumps further my to pack, to blown out jersey pocket quandary.  Right now, a major bike brand is trying to tuck away various tools and p...

Throwback Thursdays: 1993 WTB/Blackburn Bomber

To water bottle, to backpack?  The inevitable question seems to surface every time I start rummaging for tools, spare tube, CO2s, and other odds and ends I deem necessary for a ride.  At what leng...

Throwback Thusdays: 1988 Ads for WTB-Designed Specialized Hardpack and Ground Control S Tires

WTB designed 25 different tread patterns for Specialized from 1985 through 1993.  Team WTB racers rode many of these tires to victory, like the 1985 NORBA Championships where 4 out of the top 10 fi...

Throwback Thursdays: 2002 Mt. Tam Snow Ride

There's a strange allure to snow atop Mt. Tam, it's so fleeting and transitory that before you know it, you find yourself drawn to it like a tourist trap self-exiting your car from the highway.  I...

Throwback Thursdays: Evil Peter and the Angel Island Derby

The Derby is a big part of Marin mountain biking history.  Many refer to derby now as foot down.  Regardless of what you call it, those clunking were messing with each other early on in Marin try...

Throwback Thursdays: 2001 Downieville Classic Cruiser Cup

Once upon a time, somebody had a strange idea: Why not send cruisers, or clunkers, with nothing more than a kick back coaster brake down Downieville's 4500' harrowing downhill.  Who thought that u...

WTB Throwback Thursdays: 1989 Moab Trip with Snowbound Team Vehicle

Driving a muscle car in the snow can be, well, hairy.  While I immediately assumed that Mark Slate couldn't help himself while driving the 1969 Pontiac LeMans equipped with a bigger engine and fier...

Throwback Thursdays: Late 1970's Evening Magazine Klunking Expose

Want to see what a 70's news crew (sadly, no Ron Burgundy) had to say about early mountain biking?  Particularly clunking?  Care to learn how "The Fish" got his nickname? There's some great early ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1980 5th Annual Pearl Pass Ride

1980 is before WTB's official time because WTB was founded in 1982.  However, there are plenty of soon to be WTB characters in these fun videos.  Matt, Hebberd, WTB Employee #1, is the one shamel...

Throwback Thursdays: 1985 NORBA Championships, Team WTB SunTour, Santa Barbara CA

Team WTB SunTour rider Casey Kunselman rocking a WTB Modified Drop Bar, WTB Toe Flips, WTB Grease Guard Roller Cam Brakes, WTB Grease Guard Hubs, and Ground Control tires (designed by WTB) among o...

WTB Throwback Thursdays: 1996 Raptors Ad

So, what's sweeter than Raptors and Lasers?  That's right, nothing.  Well, there may be something... or someone. Yep, that's Todd Franklin, one of WTB's original crew of employees, sweating up the...

Throwback Thursdays: Another Appetite Seminar in the Books!

Riders atop Smoker's Knoll, Pine Mountain. Pre-Turkey din din or meat-free, hurt feelings-free, din din alternative. Another Thanksgiving Day has passed and what does that mean for us?  Well... th...

Throwback Thursdays: 1986 WTB Modified Drop Bar and Shifter Mounts Pre 1994 Mailer

The lovely copy above from post 1986 and pre 1994 pretty much sums up what the early origins of WTB were all about - taking what was being used for what people at the time called mountain biking, ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1996 WTB Primal Raptor "Scream" Ad

  Travis Pynn, master of all things technical, nailed the front hop / nose wheelie feat of acrobatics in this lovely ad with a stunning background captured by Carl Gooding.  What you don't realize...

Throwback Thursdays: 1992 WTB Midnight Oil® and Black or White Ad Campaign

Ever find yourself wondering how much or how little chain lube should be applied to your chain?  Better yet, how frequently - really, like really really before every ride?  What about only before ...

Throwback Thursdays: WTB 1985 Fixed Angle Seatpost

So picture this, you're riding along, aboard your soo-weeet bike full of modern fancies.  You come upon Downieville's famous waterfall rock section and amidst the multitasking moment of gritting y...