
He wasĬo-founder of the Canadian Off-Road Bicycle Association, founded the oldest continously run mountain bike race in Canada (Vedder Mountain Classic) and organized the 1st (unofficial) Canadian MTB Championships in 1984. This is not to say in the years between founding Rocky Mountain and Kona that Jake was idle. Gerhard and current Hall of Famer Joe Murray. In 1988 Jake founded Kona Mountain Bikes with Dan

Since introducing the first mountain bikes (Ritchey) to Canada in 1980 from his retail bike shop in Vancouver, West Point Bicycles, and founding Rocky Mountain Bicycles in 1981, Jake’s industry presence has been large.

Jacob HeilbronJacob “Jake the Snake” as he has been known, since his Canadian Cyclo-Cross Championship, has been and continues to be an integral part of the Canadian and international bicycle industry.
