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Welcome back to the days when bikes were made of steel, Rock Shox
didn't exist, and full suspension was but a dream!
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Wally Tunison
on his Jamis Dakota in The 1st Hartshorne Super Series
1984Notice the early use of riser
bars, helmet visor, and motorcycle pants .
Consider the size of the brake levers and no suspension whatsoever! |
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Trail Rider Magazine
June, 1987
Yup, that's Wally down there in the lower-right corner of the magazine
cover, giving a test ride and report on the Mongoose ATB Pro.
Even back then you can easily spot Wally - just look for the mustache.
Click here to see the test ride report
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National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA) Program
1987
Back in the day, Wally rode for the factory "Team General" with then-semi-famous BMX and F-1 rider
Tinker Juarez. Tinker has gone on to bigger and better things, such as
becoming a U.S. national champion and Olympic gold medalist. |
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Team Mongoose
1989
Left to Right - Jim Darnell, Max Jones, John
Tomac, Mgr. Jeff Tuscadero
and host Wally Tunison.
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Wally at the Peddler posing with the FAT City Cycles. |
The first Mountain Dew mountain
bike commercial
1989
The Peddler Goes Madison Avenue
Holztman/Stauros Inc., producers
of a new series of Mountain Dew commercials to be released in early spring
1989, has chosen The Peddler bicycle shops of Long Branch and Eatontown,
New Jersey to be technical advisors for the mountain bike versions of these
commercials.
Wally Tunison, Manager of the
Peddler of Long Branch, worked with Fat City Cycles of Somerville, Massachusetts, AXO Sport, JT Racing of California and Nolan Helmets to acquire bicycles
and clothing for this production. Tunison is the NORBA representative
for the state of NJ and has promoted numerous ATB events over the last
four years.
This commercial will feature
mountain bikes for the first time on a nationally shown status. Featured
in this commercial will be Team Miyata rider Greg Herbold, observed trials
rider Mitch Carrier, John Griel and Sun Valley National NORBA's event promoter,
Doug Neidrich. |
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Sportcycle Magazine
1991
Even in 1991, the front suspension fork had not
caught on yet, even on a full suspension bicycle! Note: Wally (right) is riding the very
first pre-production Cannondale E.S.T. mountain bike. |
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