Another pioneering bike from Gary Fisher, the 2002 Mt. Tam was one of the very first production 29ers. This one showed up on eBay a year or two old sporting original reflectors and street slicks, a sure sign of a lightly used mountain bike. It has since become my all time favorite bike to ride and has by far the most miles on it.

Before I got it dirty it got Shimano XT cranks, Thomson stem, Chris King headset, Selle Italia saddle, Lizard Skins lock on grips, and some proper WTB tires. After a few rides, it was clear two Shimano XT V-brakes were even less effective on 29er rims than they had become on 26ers, so Avid BB7s were added. This was the configuration I went with for the next 13 years until a Shimano XTR M960 drive train got freed up by another project. There isn’t one thing left to change on my go to rider.