I'd Rather Be Klunking

News Report on the Repack

Here’s a news report on the Repack downhill from 1979. Some of the footage will be familiar to those of you who’ve seen the Klunkerz film, but the news report angle offers some fresh insight into the culture of Klunking.

There are some classic lines/quotes in the 7 minute clip:

Klunking is mud in the winter and dust in the summer.

And if you fall down you don’t get snow in your boots.

Klunking is best away from the cops, the cars and the concrete.

Someone please make that t-shirt! — I’d Rather Be Klunking

What if we wouldn’t have called it “mountain biking” and instead kept to calling what we do “Klunking?”

Enjoy!