2026.06.06 Main St Vintage MTB Show

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This marked the third year of the bike show out front of Main St Brewing, a show originally organized by the former head brewer Azlan (yes, like the lion, which coincidentally is his IG handle) but kept going through volunteer efforts since he left the tank wrangling for a different beer industry gig. The morning was very wet, but the forecast suggested it would clear up – and it did, just in time.

On the way there I zig-zagged this path in China Creek park which was in full early summer bloom:

The show was 12 – 4pm, but since I wanted to enter my bike this year (haven’t previously), I figured I should be punctual. I arrived a few minutes after 12 and already there were a decent few people:

I brought my bike with the huge Rons Bikes bag combo installed for the next mornings’ camping trip. I figured, in addition to saving me time by prepping ahead, why not show the bike in its most complete form?

One of the highlights of the show for me was seeing one of these wild Hanebrink Extreme Terrain fat bikes from the early 1990s in person. I vividly remember the cover photos on the bike mags at the time this was unveiled.

I spent a lot more time socializing than photographing but here are a few I took the time to snap a pic of – including Paul Brodie himself alongside his infamous 69er DH bike. The white Ibis was brought from the island by its original owner, who had spec’d it with the less popular (but way more neat) roller cam brakes a la the recently passed Charlie Cunningham.

By 1pm the show had really filled in, and remained packed for the rest of the duration.

Outside the show’s boundaries, the attendee bike racks were full of equally cool bikes. And if you’ve spent any amount of time in Mt Pleasant you’re already familiar with this iconic red sidecar setup that always has a dog or two wearing goggles within it. I remember seeing them around as far back as 2010; the original dog has long since passed.