For those of a similar name, see Gary Fischer (disambiguation).

He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his hair was too long.

By 1972 this rule had been repealed and Fishers career continued.

He won the TransAlp race in Europe and a Masters XC national title.

His innovations to the model included drum brakes, motorcycle brake levers and cables, and triple chainrings, all taken from Junkers Fisher found at bike shops.

The next year, Fisher participated in the Repack downhill race, promoted by his roommate Charlie Kelly.

This used a tortuous downhill route on Pine Mountain near Fairfax, California, just north of San Francisco, in which riders used their coaster brakes so much that they had to repack the smoking hubs with grease after every run.

Fisher holds the record time on the Repack course at 4:22.

That year, Fisher and Kelly founded MountainBikes, 7 the first company to specialize in the manufacture of this type of bicycle.

Frames were built by Tom Ritchey, who later founded his own company.

The first model sold for 1,300; 160 were manufactured in the first year.

The company dissolved in 1983; Fisher founded Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes the same year.

Fisher sold his company in 1991 to Taiwans Anlen company, staying on as President.

His bike, the Gary Fisher RS-1, was released in 1992.

Its rear suspension adapted the A-arm suspension design from sports car racing, and was the first four-bar linkage in mountain biking.

In 1992, Howie Cohen, who had previously imported Nishiki, Azuki and Kuwahara bicycles, assisted Gary Fisher with his brand, 9 18 months later brokering the acquisition of Fisher by Trek Bicycle Corporation.

The best known was the gold-medal winner in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics womens mountain biking: Paola Pezzo.

Outside magazine named him one of the 50 who left their mark in the sport in 2000, and Smithsonian magazine honored him in 1994 as the Founding Father of Mountain Bikes.

In 1998, Fisher was recognized by Popular Mechanics for his innovations in sports.

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