Joe Breeze (born 1953) is a bicycle framebuilder, designer and advocate from Marin County, California. An early participant in the sport of mountain biking, Breeze, along with other pioneers including Gary Fisher, Charlie Kelly, and Tom Ritchey, is known for his central role in developing the mountain bike. Breeze is credited with designing and building the first all-new mountain bikes, which riders colloquially called Breezers.He built the prototype, known as Breezer #1, in 1977 and completed nine more Series I Breezers by early 1978.Breezer #1 is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.