PICTURES BY MARK MACKAY
Rocky Mountain Bicycles is unquestionably one of the world’s original mountain bike manufacturers – 2016 sees the 35-year anniversary of the company, which takes us all the way back to the heady days of 1981. The company has helped design the mountain bike we know today – it was pretty influential in the North Shore scene, it was the first to sponsor freeriders – hucksters without a specific remit to win stuff – and is continually trying to push the boundaries of current bike technology.