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Born | December 4, 1963 |
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Rider type | mountain biker |
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.
He has raced 400 races in over 10 years[ when?] 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).[ citation needed] He was the first mountain bike cyclist to be inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame. [2]