Gary Fisher – “Father of the Mountain Bike” – Still Riding in Style

By Phil Latz | 21st April 2026 |

At age 75, Gary Fisher is still fighting fit, riding regularly and spinning yarns. Although the prestigious Smithsonian Magazine named Gary Fisher the “Father of the Mountain Bike”, and Fisher was certainly a key player at its birthplace, in reality there was no single inventor of the mountain bike. It was gradually developed by a…