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After retirement from racing, Herbold worked in the cycling industry, at [[RockShox]] and later [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]].<ref name="Greg Herbold"/> |
After retirement from racing, Herbold worked in the cycling industry, at [[RockShox]] and later [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]].<ref name="Greg Herbold"/> |
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Greg was know for his personality and flare, carried over from his prior motocross background which he brought to the mountain bike circuit. He was sponsored by Etto, Onza, Bula and Rock Shox. He drove a outlandish pink van to races for many years with "Shut up and Ride" plastered on the back in big letters paving the way for even bigger rock star displays when Shawn Palmer later came with a massive custom painted bus. |
Greg was know for his personality and flare, carried over from his prior motocross background which he brought to the mountain bike circuit. He was sponsored by Etto, Onza, Bula and Rock Shox. He drove a outlandish pink van to races for many years with "Shut up and Ride" plastered on the back in big letters paving the way for even bigger rock star displays when Shawn Palmer later came with a massive custom painted bus. |
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Greg starred in the cult mountain bike Movie "Tread" along with Hans Rey and for many years later mountain bikers around the globe would repeat his trade mark phrase "Brrrraaahhh", which harkens back to his motocross days of twisting a throttle to go faster. |
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Greg rode a hardtail Koga Miyata Ridge Runner Team with a tension disc in the 1990 Durango World Championships and a Koga Miyata |
Greg rode a hardtail Koga Miyata Ridge Runner Team with a tension disc in the 1990 Durango World Championships and a Koga Miyata |
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Elevation 12,000 full suspension in his 1993 Norba National Championship campaign. |
Elevation 12,000 full suspension in his 1993 Norba National Championship campaign. |
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In his personal life, Greg is also an avid RC car collector and racer. |
In his personal life, Greg is also an avid RC car collector and racer. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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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
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]
Greg was know for his personality and flare, carried over from his prior motocross background which he brought to the mountain bike circuit. He was sponsored by Etto, Onza, Bula and Rock Shox. He drove a outlandish pink van to races for many years with "Shut up and Ride" plastered on the back in big letters paving the way for even bigger rock star displays when Shawn Palmer later came with a massive custom painted bus.
Greg starred in the cult mountain bike Movie "Tread" along with Hans Rey and for many years later mountain bikers around the globe would repeat his trade mark phrase "Brrrraaahhh", which harkens back to his motocross days of twisting a throttle to go faster.
Greg rode a hardtail Koga Miyata Ridge Runner Team with a tension disc in the 1990 Durango World Championships and a Koga Miyata Elevation 12,000 full suspension in his 1993 Norba National Championship campaign.
In his personal life, Greg is also an avid RC car collector and racer.
References
- ^ a b "Inside The Pro's Bikes – Greg Herbold". mbaction.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Greg Herbold". mmbhof.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Big Bear Hosts National Championship, by Patricia Mooney, Norba News, Volume V, Number 13, October 1989, p.5
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