Charlie Cunningham in his garage workshop in 2014. Cunningham built lightweight aluminum-frame bicycles and developed components that helped transform the sport. (Courtesy Jacquie Phelan) A fitness ...
In the late 1970s, he built what is considered the first off-road bicycle with a frame that was aluminum rather than steel, one of his many inventions. By Jeré Longman Charlie Cunningham, a pioneer of ...