Scot Nicol - Work IS Play - Mountain Bike Pioneer

In the late 70s, Scot Nicol, was a young hippie living on the
coast in Mendocino County (CA), when an article appeared about
this new “Clunker Bike” movement happening in Marin County, CA
and Crested Butte. A handful of guys were essentially
retrofitting old Scwhinn bikes to ride on the dirt. Scot reached
out to these kindred spirits (now cycling legends: Joe Breeze,
Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly among others) and, basically, they
collectively invented what we now know as mountain bikes. It will
be 40 years ago this April Fools day that Scot, AKA Chuck Ibis,
launched IbisCycles.com with­out mon­ey or a plan. Today, his
bikes are considered some of the most sophisticated and coveted
ever built, with a waiting list over a year long. Nicol always
found a way to turn bikes into art, pioneering a “function
follows form” philosophy that has made believers out of everyone
lucky enough to ride one of his creations. Inducted into the
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, and beloved worldwide in the
passionate world of riding, Scot still rides every day and
defines the idea of turning avocation into vocation. He also
happens to be one of Swan Dive's host, Stuart Sheldon's dear
friends and favorite people on the planet.



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