Looking back at some photos from years gone by
Today is Good Friday, so we thought it might be a good day to share a few photos in a “Flashback Friday” post.
Here’s Cadel Evans, racing for Diamond Back Racing in the Sea Otter Classic in the late 1990s. Cadel was one of the top riders at the Sea Otter in the 1990s. Cadel won the UCI’s Elite Men’s XC World Cup series title in 1998 and 1999, before becoming a full-time road cyclist and going on to win the Tour de France in 2011, at the age of 34. That win made him one of the oldest winners of the Tour de France. (Photo by John Ker/MBA)
In addition to designing and building the original “MountainBikes” that were sold by Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tom Ritchey also got involved in getting mountain bikes into the hands of the impoverished people in Rwanda. Here’s Tom Ritchey in the yellow cap, standing on the platform of one of the Project Rwanda cargo bikes during a wild race in Rwanda. (Photo courtesy of Tom Ritehey)
Here’s the man behind the Sea Otter Classic, Frank Yohannan. This photo shows Frank Yohannan when he used to fly combat missions for the United States Marines during the Vietnam War in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy of Frank Yohannan)
Here’s an aerial view of the Sea Otter in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Sea Otter Classic)
Sea Otter’s male XC racers take on a long climb through the hills in the 1990s. (Photo: MBA)
Women’s cross-country racers charge away from the starting line at one of the Sea Otter events in the late 1990s. (Photo: MBA)