GARY FISHER 19

liam1204

HEY BIKERS,
wanted to buy a bike for a while now so went into my local shop. talked with th the nice lad in the store. he showed me a couple of bikes and i liked the look of a GARY FISHER 19.
anyone heard of this make ?
will be using bike to cycle to work and maybe the odd trail in dublin mountains.
any thoughts?
cheers
liam
dublin

Tenzor07

Gary Fisher..... he only like Invented the mountain bike..!! :eek::eek: :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fisher

So yes, a good bike

C3PO

Gary Fisher (the brand) is part of Trek but I suspect the bike you were looking at is not a 2011 model - as far as I know Trek are no longer producing Gary Fishers as a seperate brand!
Gary Fisher (the man) was one of the founding fathers of mountain-biking!

Joxer_S

Yea they still produce them, but since last year as The Gary Fisher Collection, I'm not sure how exactly they differ from the Trek bikes themselves though

C3PO

Joxer_S wrote: »

Yea they still produce them, but since last year as The Gary Fisher Collection, I'm not sure how exactly they differ from the Trek bikes themselves though

Yeh but they're badged Trek now, with a Gary Fisher signature!

liam1204

the name of the bike i was lookiing at was "FISHER TARPON" 420 euro.

so gary fisher is a legend.

C3PO

liam1204 wrote: »

so gary fisher is a legend.

Yep

http://fisherbikes.com/gary/story

petethedrummer

liam1204 wrote: »

the name of the bike i was lookiing at was "FISHER TARPON" 420 euro.

so gary fisher is a legend.

Yes, but don't get carried away, the bike won't be much better (or worse) than any other bike in the same price bracket.

gman2k

petethedrummer wrote: »

Yes, but don't get carried away, the bike won't be much better (or worse) than any other bike in the same price bracket.

Modern bikes are simply just a sum of their parts, all mass produced.
Forget about the name on the frame, and judge a bike by the quality of the parts on it -i.e. Is it running low, mid or high level Shimano or SRAM components.
Your bike for €420 will be low level, but will do the job.

Ah_go_on

Have a Gary Fisher myself, absolutely love it:D

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/gary_fisher_collection/29er_full_suspension/rumblefish/

(unfortunately it was a bit more than €420 though:()

liam1204

Ah_go_on wrote: »

Have a Gary Fisher myself, absolutely love it:D

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/gary_fisher_collection/29er_full_suspension/rumblefish/

(unfortunately it was a bit more than €420 though:()

wow, nice bike.
i want dat one:D

Tenzor07

29er's, the Hippy choice for mountain bike's!

Ah_go_on

Tenzor07 wrote: »

29er's, the Hippy choice for mountain bike's!

Hippies that go faster:D