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Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy's Bookshelf airs Fridays at 10 a.m.

Charlie Kelly - Fat Tire Flyer

North State Public Radio | By Nancy Wiegman

Published May 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM PDT

Charlie Kelly was a former roadie for the 1960s San Francisco rock band the Sons of Champlin, but he was also a downhill mountain bike racer in the 1970s. His book chronicles the story of the mountain and the birth of the sports of mountain biking.

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Nancy Wiegman

Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.

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