Images: Sourced from various sites with thanks! GBHQ would like to take the time to acknowledge the president of the IGSA (International Gravity Sports Association) Marcus Rietema for his tireless contribution and support of Gravity Bikes over the past 15 years! Marcus has recently become a father and has decided to take a step back from running the IGSA to spend more time with his new family. In his capacity as both ambassador, promotor and rider Marcus supported all gravity disciplines over i...

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Image: Courtesy of Fortune Hanebrink, circa 2010 For those of you old enough to remember, Mr Dan Hanebrink is not only a six-time MTB National Class Champion and a NASA aerospace engineer, he just happens to be one of the most influential figures in the history of Gravity Bike development. He is the godfather of gravity people! That's right, amongst his long list of motorbike and cycle innovations, Mr Hanebrink teamed up with Hutch in the late eighties to produce the Hutch HPV Superbike (which...

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Images: Courtesy of Jalopnik, Circa 1979 A photo of a strange Porsche 935 with a unique bicycle posted here set the Porschephiles at PorschePurist.com searching for an explanation. Here's their story of Jean Claude Rude and his pursuit of the world bicycle speed record. — Ed. of Jalopnik. 150 mph is fast, in any car, Porsche or not. Imagine how fast it must be on a bicycle? That was the speed Jean Claude Rude was trying to reach in his attempt to break the world bicycle speed record in in...

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Images: Courtesy of Rocío Manceras, Malaga Spain. Circa 2010. When it comes to our Gravity Bike friends in Spain, there's no shortage of passion or energy that's for sure! They have equal measures of both. Combine this with some of the craziest hills in the world and you have a recipe for the growth and development of a healthy gravity bike culture. We recently spoke to Alb-PACMAN, a gravity bike rider from Malaga, Spain about his experiences riding, how things started and what it I...

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Image: Courtesy of Darren Lott, Gravity Publishing, Circa 1999. Sophomore Hill Buttboard Classic  For those of you who appreciate the history of things and those riders that helped pioneer Gravity Bike racing, you will dig our interview with Guiness World Record Holder, Dwight 'Snarlin' Garland.  Snarlin was riding and racing before most of you were born or even knew what a Gravity Bike was! He rode with the likes of Tommy Brackens, Dan Hanebrink, Neil Orta, Earle Ross...

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US legend Dan Hanbrinks Faired Bike broken down.Trikes 

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Courtesy of BMX Museum & Ride the Machine Yeah we know, its not technically a Gravity Bike, but this is just magic..  "Hutch teamed up with downhill BMX racer Dan Hanebrink in the late eighties and decided to take a tangent from their legendary line of BMX trick bikes such as the Trick Star and Wind Styler. They developed three bikes which pushed bicycle aerodynamics and speed to a whole new level. The GPV (Gravity Powered Vehicle) was a super-stretched, pedal-free bike almost fully in...

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