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Joe Murray was a mountain bike racer and pioneer designer. He was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1988 and the first mountain biker inducated into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1999.
[edit] Racing highlights
- 1980 Zero's Notch Race, 11th overall, 1st novice, first race.
- 1984 NORBA National Champion
- 1984 8 straight wins
- 1985 NORBA National Champion
- 1985 12 straight wins (to date, unmatched by any male mountain bike racer)
- 1989 winner NORBA National Points Series Crystal Mountain, WA
- 1989 6th overall NORBA National Points Series
[edit] Other achievements and notoriety
- Raced 233 races in 9-1/2 years
- 73 victories
- 5 time winner of the Rockhopper Race (the first popular mountain bike race)
- 3 time winner of the Whiskeytown Downhill (one of first "classic" mountain bike races)
- First widely recognized mountain bike racer
[edit] Research & design achievements
- Designed ten tires for three different companies
- Designed a full lines of mountain bikes for 6 years
- Designed the first titanium mountain bike frame
- First to race extensively on titanium frames
- Designed the 1993 Mountain Biking Magazine's Bike of the Year
- Designed titanium stems, seat post, bottom bracket, bar ends, and forks
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