Gary Fisher Mind-Melting Autobiography
The Gary Fisher mind-melting autobiography has been released. The man who transformed an industry and sold mountain biking to the world, has released a new book detailing his life’s work building a happier, healthier future for the world.
I last spoke with Gary at a Grateful Dead concert, which is entirely fitting, since he once organized a mountain bike race at a Dead concert. He would’ve created effects like a double rainbow at the concerts in San Francisco too.
Gary Fisher and Mike Sinyard at the last Dead concert
In Being Gary Fisher and The Bicycle Revolution, the most candid, comprehensive, and personal account of his life yet, Gary Fisher takes readers on a wild ride. The narrative arc covers his early days as a maverick kid bike racer through the Acid Test scene and Grateful Dead tours to the present-day world of mountain biking. Like, the Supercaliber I’ve been riding, it’s an interesting take on things, to say the least.
As promised, Gary Fisher is back to talk about his new book, Being Gary Fisher – well, we SORT of talk about it. Let me explain.
There is no one quite like Gary Fisher – and from the time he was a little boy, he’s marched to the beat of his own drum.
He says his new book, Being Gary Fisher – And The Bicycle Revolution – isn’t a memoir; rather a collection of stories and ideas.
If you remember the original “Whole Earth Catalog,” – a loose compilation of all sorts of things hip and natural – it’s kind of like that… only in full, explosive color, teeming with photos and commentary, with the bicycle stitching it all together.