Okay so my family has two bikes, I can pick one to have. I don't know a lot about these brands or types im a complete bike noob so forgive me. Red one i guess is a "Outpost trail all GT terra"
Grey one is a "Gary Fisher also says Mamba" on it. Both seem to ride good and Both decently comfortable. But if you had to pick, which one? Who is Gary fisher lol so sorry I don't know much.
by Surrealdsx
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Who is Gary Fisher, sadly we will never know. Today’s technology don’t have the capacity to help us in such a task.
Google: Gary Fisher coined the term mountain bike in 1979. That year, Fisher and Kelly founded MountainBikes, 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 $1,300; 160 were manufactured in the first year.
Likely the one that’s unlocked would be easier to ride…
But seriously, I’d likely go with the outpost trail – you don’t really need that full shock fork for just tooling around town – but really for a beginner either one would work equally well
He was one of First people who created Mountain Bikes.I would buy the Gary fisher
Oh for the record I didn’t clarify too much but im not buying whatever one I choose. My mom is just letting me have one of them and im assuming the other one will go to my little brother. I will be commuting to work most of the time on whichever one I choose. Which isn’t terribly far but just thought id throw that out there.
Either of those bikes may have some historical value. Gary Fisher Mamba originates from 1997. GT Outpost all Terra can date from 1995. Could be collectable.
GT. The triple triangles are dope
Gary Fisher is one of the godfathers of mountain biking. He modded cuiser bikes to work off road in the mid 70s then along with Charlie Kelly and Tom Ritchey started Mountain Biking, the first company to produce bicycles designed for offroad use.
The Mamba looks like a 1997 model, it’s not a very sought after or collectable one but its a perfectly good bike for general riding around and some light trail use.
Gary Turner (GT Bikes) was a drag racer and cut his teeth making light weight BMX frames first for his son then for neighborhood kids then made it a full time business and partnered with Richard Long and they made lots and lots of groundbreaking steel and later aluminum BMX and mountain bikes.
The Outpost is probably a ’93 model and again not particularly collectable or high end even in its day. But just like that Mamba its a perfectly good bike for riding around and some light trail use if you want.
Personally Id take the GT. Its rigid fork will take less maintenance that the Rock Shox suspension fork on the Mamba. The rigid fork is also better for the addition of a basket or rack. But Id definitely change whatever the saddle is on that GT. That thing looks like a hat box more than a bike seat.
If you want advice or inspiration for changes to be made for either of those to be a daily rider/commuter/do everything bike, check out r/xbiking. They’ll eat up either of these.
I would take the GT here. Might just be nostalgia but one of my first bikes was an old GT bmx bike, my friends older brother bought himself a new Haro and sold it to me for $40. Thing was a TANK. I put that bike through more abuse than it should have ever been able to survive. Was quick on the street too, for what it was anyways and to me as a kid. Rode that thing just about daily for 3 1/2 years before I moved up to a gravel bike..mainly because I had a job by then and had a lot more on and off road riding to do to get there at a farther distance than I was used to taking the GT. Great bike though, sorry for the nostolgic ramble lol.
Whichever one fits better.
Try riding them.
The paddle shifters on the red bike would be my preference.
That gt looks huge. May just be the pic but the Gary fisher looks much smaller
Jack um both!
Is the gt not a size or two bigger?
I’d pick the red one for the seat alone. She look thic
Gary Fisher is better but as they said, front shock is dead weight, unless you go off road or jump curbs. But I commuted for decades on a Cannondale Headshock with front fork, 1.5″ tires, it was fine.
GF is cool, GT risks being mocked for that saddle.
I would go with the Gary Fisher. Mainly due to the nostalgia for myself.
Red one is likely better “if you’re asking”. If you know MTB the gary fisher is probally technically better, but the suspension fork will definitely need a rebuild.
Both bikes need a reasonable saddle, as both of those saddles are asking for saddle sores and numb sexparts.
I’d go with the GT because of the fixed fork, but only after getting rid of that saddle.
The GT cause triple triangle.
With a bit of love both of those would be amazing in their own right.
GT. It’s cooler. I worked at a bike shop in the era of these bikes, both are ‘entry level for a good brand ‘ at the time. That suspension fork on the Gary Fisher is going to be useless 30 years on, they sucked when they were new.
Ditch whatever that is for a saddle on the GT, get a lower rise quill stem and some bar ends and live the 90s life.
GT Tripppl Triiiangl looks to hav better components, I like the solid fork too.
GaryFish has junk gripshiftrs and a suspension fork that probably doesn’t actually suspend anything
However, as others have mentioned previously you should probably consult xbiking. Either should be modified with silly things like 1x drivetrain, fenders, racks, brooks tushy cushy, or whatever xbiking actually is.
Take the GT…modernize the seat….and convert it tp V brakes. U may have to get new shifter/brake controls but the more modern brakes make that bike a hybrid dream. I used to rebuild these in that fashion. A hundred dollars or so and thia bike can ride like a fresh hybrid . It also has fittings for racks and fenders. Its a steel frame and that sucks up all the bumps in the road.