#14: Gary Fisher

The Paceline Cycling Podcast · Aug 15, 2018 · 58m

Few people can claim to be as inextricably linked with the birth of mountain biking as Gary Fisher. His company MountainBikes produced what were arguably the very first production mountain bikes, before he went on to found Gary Fisher Bikes, which he later sold to Trek. Though Trek has stopped producing bikes under the Fisher name, they have retained him as an advocate and expert, a wise move given the depth of his knowledge. Long before he and others began riding klunkerz around Marin County, Fisher was a dedicated roadie, entering his first road race as a 12-year-old junior in 1963. Fisher…