Dirt Bike Track Georgia

Dirt Bike Track Georgia

Dirt Bike Track Georgia

Where and when did mountain biking begin? The usual story is that it began in California in the 1970s. In terms of the direct line of descent of today’s mountain bike scene, that’s probably true, but off-road biking goes back a lot further than that.

In fact, pioneering cyclists did not have masses of smooth blacktop to glide along. In 19th-century Europe, where cycling began, most city streets were surfaced with cobbles or stone setts, while many country roads of the time would look more like dirt tracks to us today. In out of the way areas, more adventurous riders frequently had to contend with steep, stony tracks, sometimes riding or pushing over terrain that would look pretty challenging to most mountain bikers even today. In many parts of the world, of course, unmade roads are still the norm today.