UCI World Championships Mont Saint Anne - Greg Herbold Interview

Sep 2, 2010
by Aaron LaRocque  
Brett Tippie and Greg Herbold sit down for some catch up and a little history lesson. Greg "H-Ball" Herbold was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1996.

Herbold, or HB, won the first UCI World Downhill Championship in Durango, Colorado in 1990. He won the NORBA National Downhill Championship in 1988, 1989, and 1993, and the North American Downhill Championship in 1991. He won the first dual slalom race at Mammoth Mountain in 1987.

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UCI World Championships Mont Saint Anne - Greg Herbold

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30 Comments
  • 7 0
 I love the early days of DH!
  • 2 0
 Great site! The last time someone posted that it got deleted. Probably because it's not such a great site.
  • 7 0
 Tippie for the Hall of Fame
  • 5 1
 Tippie, Simmons and Schley are being inducted into the Hall of Fame in Vegas. Well deserved boys - the original fro-riders.
  • 5 0
 i love watching the old dh bikes rattling around when somebody flew down the mountain
  • 4 1
 Lol great early bike, saw some early pics of Rob warner and Peaty on thier steeds ages ago, not that much different, Brett Tips the man got to love him, total legend to the cause cool interview..
  • 6 0
 Awesome interview! Stoked to see coverage from the legends race!
  • 5 1
 I'm listening to Greg but I'm watching Tippie - he's a very upbeat and happy guy. He's an instant cure for depression.
  • 3 0
 Hey what happened to the link for www.site.hbcutthecoursein1990.com ? Come on Pinkbike.
  • 3 1
 wow.. where did the 90's go ... always loved the H-Ball good interview tips
  • 5 2
 i wanna see peaty hit the dh course on that old bike
  • 2 1
 watch from 6:12 Smile 1993

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2i9S4r_yQ
  • 1 1
 interview with him at 7:46
  • 3 1
 Does anyone else find it scary that he owns a t-shirt that matches that bike?
  • 2 1
 haha true!
  • 3 1
 coverage on the legends race?
  • 1 1
 takes me back ,but i rather go down a hill whit the bikes of today than the old bikes we had in the old days ,we had to start somewhere, nice interview BTW
  • 2 1
 Quality history lesson in mountain biking!
  • 2 1
 he sounds like kermit the frog !
  • 3 2
 Please tell me there will be some coverage of the old timer race!
  • 3 2
 I hope so too!
  • 2 1
 Pinkbike has done some heavy censoring on this page.
  • 1 0
 I don't think he cheated. He won it and was awesome!
  • 3 0
 I couldn't say if he cheated or didn't (I wasn't there). But I hate the fact that Pinkbike censors these pages. What are they afraid of? Let people check out the site if they choose and make up their own minds.

It's better than reading 15 different renditions of "so sick."
  • 1 1
 he did a lot to promote early DH, and he was super fast none the less.
  • 1 1
 I would love to see someone hit the downhill track with that xD
  • 1 1
 dude i would rock that miado
  • 1 1
 the old dh /fr ppl were rly bad ass to use those xc bikes xD
  • 2 2
 h-ball is a legend!
  • 1 1
 helluva bike







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