It was the Rockhopper's more expensive stablemate, the Stumpjumper, that introduced the world to the delights of mass-produced, affordable mountain bikes back in the early 80s – but the Rockhopper ...

Rewind, for a moment, to the early 1980s. Thatcher and Reagan rule the world, legwarmers are in, the Rubik’s cube holds us in its puzzling thrall, and a small American bicycle company called ...