Bike Intelligencer » birthplace of mountain biking http://bikeintelligencer.com All bike, all the time Sat, 04 May 2013 01:18:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Camp Tamarancho Mountain Biking, Marin County http://bikeintelligencer.com/2011/07/camp-tamarancho-mountain-biking-marin-county/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2011/07/camp-tamarancho-mountain-biking-marin-county/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:15:15 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.com/?p=5033 Camp Tamarancho is one of the world’s most famous singletracks — partly because it lies outside Fairfax CA, the “birthplace of mountain biking” — but also because it sports signage like, “Bicycles MUST stay on singletrack!”

You gotta love it.

Our 2011 West Coast mountain biking tour concluded with a romp through the familiar groves and switchbacks of Tamarancho, always a joy, always a place where you run into lots of other mountain bikers from all over the San Francisco Bay Area, and the world.



There’s a campaign to formalize Fairfax’s reputation as mtb’s birthplace with a mosaic in the center of town. According to the Marin Independent Journal: “The chamber is teaming with Quntilia Nylin, ceramic artist and creator of the history obelisk in San Anselmo, to create a ceramic tile installation in downtown Fairfax.” We will miss the fundraiser but wish the locals well.

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