No affiliation to me, but a worthwhile project IMO.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... cy-project
To quote;
'From the mid 1970's through 1992, Charlie Kelly saved everything he could find relating to the sport of mountain biking. His well-preserved archive includes historic documents from the earliest years and is especially weighted towards the 1980's, when mountain biking’s popularity exploded.The trove includes U.S magazines, international magazines, race results, product brochures, newspaper articles, club newsletters, images, original artwork, and much more. It is the most complete collection of early mountain bike media in the world.
The Mountain Bike Legacy Project aims to digitize Charlie's stash -- hundreds of thousands of historic documents -- and build a website capable of hosting and delivering them to the world. The resulting archive will be an indispensable tool for any historian or mountain biking enthusiast to explore and discover the depths of the sport’s history. The long-term goal is a growing database of material, where contributors around the globe can submit mountain biking content from ANY time period, and preserve the history of the sport. As Charlie puts it, "This should eventually become the Library of Alexandria for everything related to mountain biking."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... cy-project
To quote;
'From the mid 1970's through 1992, Charlie Kelly saved everything he could find relating to the sport of mountain biking. His well-preserved archive includes historic documents from the earliest years and is especially weighted towards the 1980's, when mountain biking’s popularity exploded.The trove includes U.S magazines, international magazines, race results, product brochures, newspaper articles, club newsletters, images, original artwork, and much more. It is the most complete collection of early mountain bike media in the world.
The Mountain Bike Legacy Project aims to digitize Charlie's stash -- hundreds of thousands of historic documents -- and build a website capable of hosting and delivering them to the world. The resulting archive will be an indispensable tool for any historian or mountain biking enthusiast to explore and discover the depths of the sport’s history. The long-term goal is a growing database of material, where contributors around the globe can submit mountain biking content from ANY time period, and preserve the history of the sport. As Charlie puts it, "This should eventually become the Library of Alexandria for everything related to mountain biking."
