Charlie Kelley

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Charlie Kelly was an early pioneer in the development of modern mountain bicycles. He is known for three accomplishments, primarily:

Started the Repack downhill race, the first great mountain bike event.
Along with partners Tom Ritchey and Gary Fisher, founded Mountainbikes: the first place in the world people could buy a complete mountain bicycle, rather than putting it together themselves (Not to be confused with Specialized, who sold the first PRODUCTION mountain bike, that could be bought in a bike shop and rolled away that same day).
Started the first mountain bike magazine: The Fat Tire Flyer.

Kelly attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, at the foot of Mount Tamalpais.^[1] He was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1988, and currently is considered an expert at the tricky art of piano moving. Though decidedly more distant than during mtb's early years, CK can still be found from time to time in Dirt Rag magazine.