Joe Murray (cyclist) explained

Joe Murray
Birth Date:	December 4, 1963
Ridertype:	mountain biker
Show-Medals:	Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

Joe Murray (born December 4, 1963) is an American pioneer in the mountain bike movement. Starting out as a professional mountain bike racer, he later moved into bicycle design. Murray was one of the original inductees (1988) into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.^[1] He was the first mountain biker inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1999.

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)
• 1989 Winner NORBA National Points Series Crystal Mountain, WA
• 1989 6th overall NORBA National Points Series

Other achievements

He has raced 400 races in over 10 years with over 73 victories.He is a five-time winner of the Rockhopper Race (the first popular mountain bike race) and three-time winner of the Whiskeytown Downhill (one of first "classic" mountain bike races).He was the first mountain bike cyclist to be inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame.^[2]

Research & design achievements

• Designed ten tires for three different companies.
• Product designer for Marin, Kona, and VooDoo Cycles.
• Official product test rider for Shimano.
• Designed the first titanium mountain bike frame for Merlin.
• First to race extensively on off-road titanium frames.
• Designed the 1993 Mountain Bike Magazine "Bike of the Year"
• Designed titanium stems, seat posts, bottom brackets, bar ends, fork and other components.

Notes and References

1. http://www.completesite.com/mbhof/page.cfm?pageid=6&year=1988&memberid=26 Joe Murray page at Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
2. Web site: 1999 Inductees . www.usbhof.com . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101023174851/http://www.usbhof.com/1999-inductees/ . 23 October 2010 . dead.