It has been a decade in the making, but the mountain bike has become a passion for many people.
Along with this passion it has also become the most environmental way to get from point A to B. It has
gone through a very intense evolution process over the past decade.
It all started with some guys from California who took their bikes out for a ride on their day off,
they modified their bikes and turned a hobby of theirs into a worldwide phenomenon. The mountain bike's
rapid increase in popularity was influenced by social and economic situations, and by technological
improvements that had the needs of bike riders in mind. The introduction of the mountain bike at a bike
convention in Long Beach, California, early in the 1980's coincided with the need for a bike that combined
technical superiority, ease of care, and multipurpose use.
Technological advances came extremely fast after it's introduction into the world.
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