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 </div> </div>
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 +<div column 50% #s1987>
 +----
 +===== 1987 Montare =====
 +Deore XT M730 (1987-88)
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1987.jpg?300|1987 Montare }}
 +\\
 +1987 Montare
 +[[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/Bikes/1987_Fisher_Montare.html|mombat]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1988>
 +----
 +===== 1988 Competition =====
 +Fillet brazed frame by Tom Teasdale.  M730 (1987-88)
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1988.jpg?300|1988 Competition }}
 +\\
 +1988 Competition
 +[[https://www.ebay.com/itm/363771015872|ebay]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1989>
 +----
 +===== 1989 CR-7 =====
 +Shimano XT M732 (1989).  Bolted on rear steel triangle onto an aluminum front end.
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1989.jpg?300|1989 CR-7 }}
 +\\
 +1989 CR-7
 +[[https://www.gxtstore.com/?product_id=116568104_65|gxstore]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1990>
 +----
 +===== 1990 Supercaliber =====
 +Almost all SunTour XC Comp, except for the rear XT derailleur (1989).  Perhaps original?
 +The Supercaliber first appeared in the [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Fisher.html|1990 catalog]].
 +
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1990.jpg?300|1990 Supercaliber }}
 +\\
 +1990 Supercaliber
 +[[ https://sydneymountainbikerescue.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/1989-fisher-supercaliber/|sydneymountainbikerescue]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1991>
 +----
 +===== 1991 RS-1 =====
 +As spec'd it was supposed to have a full Campy Centaur gruppo w/no Shimano.  This example is full XT M735 with a Shimano disc front and a Hope rear.
 +Four pivots.  Front air-oil damping, elastometer rears.
 +Despite its name, the RS-1 did not use Rockshox RS-1's((However, the 1990 prototype RS-1 did use the RS-1 front shocks.  See: [[https://mbaction.com/throwback-thursday-mountain-bike-suspension-from-30-years-ago/|mbaction]]))  Note the very early use of disc brakes, using [[https://www.hopetech.com/history/the-nineties/|Hope]] disc brakes ((Hope discs have a spiral pattern of holes, while Pro-Stops, used on later RS-1's, used a slot pattern of rotor cooling.)) and their matching hubs.
 +
 +Mert Lawwill's((The inventor of the [[lawwill:start|Lawwill]] Pro-Cruiser)) father's personal bike.
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1991.jpg?300|1991 RS-1 }}
 +\\
 +1991 RS-1
 +[[ http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/Bikes/1991_Fisher_RS1.html|mombat]]
 +</div>
 +<div column 50% #s1992>
 +----
 +===== 1992 Procaliber =====
 +Full XTR.
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1992.jpg?300|1992 Procaliber }}
 +\\
 +1992 Procaliber
 +[[https://www.moranosgarage.com/iii|moranosgarage]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +
  
  
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 </blockquote> </blockquote>
 +
 +
 +{{montare.jpg?400|1983/4 Montare}}
 +\\
 +1983/4 Montare with dual Fisher/Ritchey branding.
 +Most components are consistent with 1983, some have been more recently downgraded.  This Montare has a single Fisher MountainBikes decal, with two //"designed by Tom Ritchey"// stickers on the top tube, plus two of the old TR/MountainBikes stickers on the forks.
 +[[https://www.ebay.com/itm/256026570364?hash=item3b9c5f6e7c:g:P1QAAOSwDptkI2n9|ebay]]
 +
 +
 +
 +
  
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 [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Fisher.html|mombat]] [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Fisher.html|mombat]]
  
 +\\
 +{{sig.jpg?300|1983/4 Montare Signature}}
 +\\
 +1983/4 Montare signed by Tom
 +[[https://www.ebay.com/itm/256026570364?hash=item3b9c5f6e7c:g:P1QAAOSwDptkI2n9|ebay]]
 </div> </div>
 +
 +
 <div column 50% #dissolution> <div column 50% #dissolution>
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-The breakup of the Kelly-Fisher-Ritchey partnership occurred during the summer of 1983, over cash flow issues and future directions on how to mass produce bikes from Japan.  Charlie Kelly's take on how K&F MountainBikes ended:+The breakup of the Kelly-Fisher-Ritchey partnership occurred during the summer of 1983((CK writes in mtbr: "I left the company around June, 1983." [[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/got-some-filleted-bullmoose-bars-in-a-pile-yesterday.301553/|mtbr]])), over cash flow issues and future directions on how to mass produce bikes from Japan.  Charlie Kelly's take on how K&F MountainBikes ended:
  
 <blockquote> <blockquote>
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 Where does this dual-branded water bottle fit into the timeline? Where does this dual-branded water bottle fit into the timeline?
 \\ \\
-[[https://www.404.com/|personal collection]]+[[https://www.404.com/|personal mtbtimeline collection]]
  
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