When did Trek bike buy Fisher bike company?
Gary Fisher and roommate Charlie Kelly started "MountainBikes",
the first company to manufacture Mountain Bikes, in 1979. FYI: The
frames were built by Tom Ritchey himself (who founded Ritchey
Designs in 1983).
In 1983, Fisher took over the company and changed the name to
"Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes". In 1991, Fisher sold the brand to
Anlen (a major manufacturer in Taiwan), but stayed on as President
of the company. In 1993, after what Fisher calls "two excruciating
years", Trek acquired Fisher from Anlen.