For nearly three decades, the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame resided in Crested Butte, Colorado. But June 6 marks a kind of homecoming for the sport, as the esteemed collection is now part of the brand-new Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax, California, a town just north of the Golden Gate Bridge that’s recognized as the birthplace of mountain biking.
It’s hard to imagine a more fitting spot for the space, a 3,000-square-foot homage to cycling, located in a former grocery store in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais. In the early 1970s, a pioneering posse of daredevil riders bombed down the … More