Grandfather of the sport Joe Breeze talks about his original Breezers, the world's first purpose-built mountain bikes.

The Breezer #1 is a golden relic of mountain biking's modest origins

Wherever Smith ends up on August 13th, she'll arrive there aboard a Breezer Cloud 9 29er, a bike she calls "absolutely perfect" for the fire-road heavy Leadville circuit.

VIDEO: While he's been doing well with his Breezer transportation bikes, the "Original Joe" is back on the dirt with a new line of mountain bikes…

Slideshow: Singletrack.com's Caley Fretz hit Interbike's Outdoor Dirt Demo hard and found that Yeti, Scott and Breezer are now in the big-wheeled game with their new 29er hardtails. Orbea has refined its offering in the category.

With the 2011 product rollout happening across the bike industry, Breezer will debut its Cloud 9, the first carbon fiber bike from the pioneering mountain bike designer Joe Breeze.

Mountain bike pioneer Joe Breeze's Breezer lineup will see the Cloud 9 and Jet Stream 29er, which will come in carbon and aluminum.

Mountain biking legend Joe Breeze's first new Breezer mountain bikes in a decade are now available in the U.S. and Europe.

Many Europeans seem steadfastly committed to the 26-inch hardtail, at least for now. Zack Vestal does a photo roundup of the offerings at Eurobike.