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when did MTBing get 'split' up into distinct rider groups?
When it started, you had the 'clunker' era which was just rich hippies riding beach cruisers with bigger tires down gravel roads.
Then you had the MTB era which was basically road geo with knobby tires. During this era there really weren't any specific types of riders, people just went out and road what they could, they'd pedal up, they'd ride down. Everyone was basically a XC rider. This lasted through the 90s.
When did the 'MTB bro' phase start of riders hating climbing and being completely focused on downhill, hating spandex, gotta have a Tacoma with a DAKINE tailgate pad, flat brim hat, etc?
When it started, you had the 'clunker' era which was just rich hippies riding beach cruisers with bigger tires down gravel roads.
Then you had the MTB era which was basically road geo with knobby tires. During this era there really weren't any specific types of riders, people just went out and road what they could, they'd pedal up, they'd ride down. Everyone was basically a XC rider. This lasted through the 90s.
When did the 'MTB bro' phase start of riders hating climbing and being completely focused on downhill, hating spandex, gotta have a Tacoma with a DAKINE tailgate pad, flat brim hat, etc?
