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'''Greg "H-Ball" Herbold''' is a [[mountain bike]] racer. He was inducted into the [[Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] in 1996.
'''Greg "H-Ball" Herbold''' (Born December 11, 1962<ref name="Inside The Pro’s Bikes – Greg Herbold">{{cite web |url=https://mbaction.com/meet-the-riders-and-their-rides-greg-herbolds-three-bike-quiver/ |title=Inside The Pro’s Bikes – Greg Herbold |publisher=mbaction.com |accessdate=26 April 2019 }}</ref>) is an American former professional [[Mountain bike racing|mountain bike racer]].<ref name="Greg Herbold">{{cite web |url=https://mmbhof.org/greg-herbold/ |title=Greg Herbold |publisher=mmbhof.org |accessdate=26 April 2019 }}</ref> He competed in many forms of cycling including [[Cross-country cycling|cross-country]] racing and [[Mountain bike trials]] but, was most notable for his [[downhill mountain biking|downhill mountain bike]] racing career. Herbold was inducted into the [[Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] in 1996.<ref name="Greg Herbold"/>
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==Mountain biking career==
Herbold was born in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name="Inside The Pro’s Bikes – Greg Herbold"/> He won the first [[dual slalom]] race at [[Mammoth Mountain]] in 1987. A year later, "Over the 1989 Labor Day weekend, September 2–4, around 1,500 mountain bike aficionados united under a blazing sun at Big Bear Lakes, CA, home of the NORBA National Championships... By Monday, the morning of the downhill race, many of the riders had gone, leaving the steep, technical 1,200-foot descent to the daredevils. Greg "Hair-ball" Herbold careened down the chute of deep ruts and shifting dust with hidden rocks to finish first with a time of 2:28... Herbold, on that fine line between finesse and out-of-control, also won the dual slalom event."<ref>"Big Bear Hosts National Championship, by Patricia Mooney, Norba News, Volume V, Number 13, October 1989, p.5</ref>


Herbold won the first [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] DH -DownHill- World Downhill Championship in [[Durango, Colorado]] in 1990. He won the NORBA National Downhill Championship in 1988, 1989, and 1993, and the North American Downhill Championship in 1991. He won the first dual slalom race at [[Mammoth Mountain]] in 1987.
Herbold won the Downhill Class at the [[1990 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships]] in [[Durango, Colorado]].<ref name="Greg Herbold"/> He won the NORBA National Downhill Championship in 1988, 1989, and 1993, and the North American Downhill Championship in 1991.<ref name="Greg Herbold"/>

He appears in the videotape "Battle At Durango: First-Ever World Mountain Bike Championships" produced by New & Unique Videos of San Diego and released in 1991.

After retirement from racing, Herbold worked in the cycling industry, at [[RockShox]] and later [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]].<ref name="Greg Herbold"/>

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?memberid=40 Herbold's page on the MTB Hall of Fame]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012214616/http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?memberid=40 Greg Herbold at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]


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Latest revision as of 00:52, 25 July 2021

Greg Herbold
Greg Herbold at Interbike 2007
Personal information
Born (1962-12-11) December 11, 1962 (age 61)
Denver, Colorado
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeDownhill
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Durango Downhill

Greg "H-Ball" Herbold (Born December 11, 1962[1]) is an American former professional mountain bike racer.[2] He competed in many forms of cycling including cross-country racing and Mountain bike trials but, was most notable for his downhill mountain bike racing career. Herbold was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1996.[2]

Mountain biking career[edit]

Herbold was born in Denver, Colorado.[1] He won the first dual slalom race at Mammoth Mountain in 1987. A year later, "Over the 1989 Labor Day weekend, September 2–4, around 1,500 mountain bike aficionados united under a blazing sun at Big Bear Lakes, CA, home of the NORBA National Championships... By Monday, the morning of the downhill race, many of the riders had gone, leaving the steep, technical 1,200-foot descent to the daredevils. Greg "Hair-ball" Herbold careened down the chute of deep ruts and shifting dust with hidden rocks to finish first with a time of 2:28... Herbold, on that fine line between finesse and out-of-control, also won the dual slalom event."[3]

Herbold won the Downhill Class at the 1990 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Durango, Colorado.[2] He won the NORBA National Downhill Championship in 1988, 1989, and 1993, and the North American Downhill Championship in 1991.[2]

He appears in the videotape "Battle At Durango: First-Ever World Mountain Bike Championships" produced by New & Unique Videos of San Diego and released in 1991.

After retirement from racing, Herbold worked in the cycling industry, at RockShox and later SRAM.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Inside The Pro's Bikes – Greg Herbold". mbaction.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Greg Herbold". mmbhof.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Big Bear Hosts National Championship, by Patricia Mooney, Norba News, Volume V, Number 13, October 1989, p.5

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