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Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike.〔 (Gary Fisher: Máme tu další cyklorevoluci )〕 Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his hair was too long.〔http://fisherbikes.com/gary/story/〕 By 1972 this rule had been repealed and Fisher's career continued. He won the TransAlp race in Europe and a Masters XC national title. Fisher went to work in 1975 on his 1930s Schwinn Excelsior X bicycle. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Evening Magazine )〕 Gary Fisher speaks about his role as a pioneer in the sport of Mountain Biking in two video documentaries: Full Cycle: A World Odyssey produced by New & Unique Videos (1994)〔:File:Gary Fisher Charlie Kelly Jacquie Phelan 1994.jpg〕 and "Klunkerz" produced by Billy Savage (2007).〔http://www.klunkerz.com/castcrew-fisher-1.html/〕 Original clips of Fisher on his mountain bike appear in both documentaries. ==Company== Charlie Kelly coined the term ''mountain bike'' in 1979, after a phrase used by a mechanic. That year, Fisher and Kelly founded MountainBikes,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MountainBikes History and Advertising )〕 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 $US1300; 160 were manufactured in the first year. 1979 saw the introduction of Shimano components and an ill-fated attempt to trademark ''Mountain Bike''. The company dissolved in 1983; Fisher founded Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes the same year. Fisher sold his company in 1991 to Taiwan's Anlen company, staying on as President. In 1992, Howie Cohen, who had previously imported Nishiki, Azuki and Kuwahara bicycles, assisted Gary Fisher with his brand,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = American Bicycle Association BMX )〕 18 months later brokering the acquisition of Fisher by Trek Bicycle Corporation.〔 On June 16, 2010, Trek Bicycle Corporation announced "the Gary Fisher Collection, a line of Trek bikes that will replace the standalone Gary Fisher brand".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Trek Bicycle Corporation )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Fisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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