Joe Murray

American cycle designer and mountain bike racer¹

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.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Joe Murray (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 4, 1963.¹

About

Murray was one of the original inductees (1988) into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. He was the first mountain biker inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1999.

From Wikipedia’s article on Joe Murray, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Kona Bicycle CompanyFounder⁸

Early life and education

Murray grew up in Fairfax, California. He started riding on dirt roads in Marin County on a 1950's Rollfast cruiser bike. In 1981 he purchased a Schwinn Spitfire 5 from Mike’s Bikes in San Rafael, California which he began to upgrade piece by piece. In 1983 at the age of 17, he entered his first race called Zero’s Notch which consisted of the Pine Mountain loop and Repack downhill course near Fairfax, winning the Novice class.

From Wikipedia’s article on Joe Murray (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: sport cyclist, designer.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at Marin Bikes^{3 4}
Date not recordedFounded Kona Bicycle Company⁵

Personal life

CitizenshipUnited States⁷

Sources

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WikidataJoe Murray on Wikidata
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WikipediaJoe Murray on Wikipedia
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WikidataJoe Murray: Worked at Marin Bikes, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at Marin Bikes, as reported
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WikidataJoe Murray: Founded Kona Bicycle Company, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoe Murray: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoe Murray: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataKona Bicycle Company, Founder