Gary Fisher, inventor of the modern mountain bike

With Pace

Payson McElveen

Sports, Inspirational, Society & Culture, Adventure, Entrepreneur, Health & Fitness, Cycling, Gravel Cycling, Celebrities, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Culture, Basketball, Interviews, Photography, Athletes, Current Events, Outdoors

4.8 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

"Inventor of the mountain bike" is a mantle Gary Fisher resists, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more deserving owner of the title. In this colorful chat, Gary tells Payson about the humble beginnings of the "klunker" and the first company he started called "Mountain Bikes." He describes why the bike can solve many of the world's problems, and where he hopes it will lead us next. While discussing his early life, Gary takes us up close and personal with some of the biggest names of the 196...

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0:00.0	We'd used the Hells Angels quite a bit because we could trust them. I will tell you the angels
0:06.4	saved Mick Jagger's life that night. There was a guy that came in with a gun and his girlfriend
0:13.1	loved Mick Jagger and he was there to kill Mick Jagger and the angels took that gun away from
0:19.1	that man and killed him with pull kills, you know?
0:23.2	Wow.
0:23.5	Like that. It was a mess.
0:25.9	I mean, four people died that night by stupid situations.
0:29.3	It was off the tracks and the San Francisco music scene ended that night.
0:33.9	It ended.
0:35.1	And everybody left town.
0:37.6	It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!
0:42.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:46.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:51.2	Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:56.0	You could miss it.
0:58.0	Listen, we're talking about practice.
1:02.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:04.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:06.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:10.0	Don't ever trash top black Jesus.
1:14.9	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:18.9	Welcome back, loyal listeners.
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