Gary Fisher - please help with restoration.

[andyz]

It's an evolution BB by the way, not a normal threaded type.
88mm shell, pressed in bearings retained by circlips, you'll have to reuse the square taper axle.
It's a great bit of kit.

Personally, I've always thought this type of BB is way better than UN-whatever Shimano types. Lighter, cheaper to fix and you never have problems with previous owners chewing up the threads, as there are none! So long as you don't break the axle........

 

[toaster999]

Another flimsy excuse to get a pic of mine up now minus the flouro bars! mines a 89/90 so a few years older. Love the old fishers though and yours certainly deserves some attention. Let me know if I can be of any help.

 

[IanS62]

I had a Fisher Paragon back in the early 90's, it musty have been. It had the Evolution 1 1/4" headset, oversize BB shell and seatpost (28.6mm?) and massive frame clearances front and rear, with Fisher Fattrax tyres it was nearly unstoppable in mud. I raced mine with the Covent Garden Cycles team back in the Man v Horse and came 12th, not just because I was quite fit back then but also because it was muddy and while everyone was lugging their bikes through the crap, I just kept riding. Happy days!

Agree with Coomber tho, they're great bikes and greatly underrated. I only sold mine because it was a bit heavy, so I upgraded to a Prometheus titanium. The CR-7 was a cracker too, tho I've not seen one in years.... anyway for a skip find that's right up there with the best, I'm very jealous!

 

[hairychested]

Re; the BB you'll just need to buy a pair of cartridges and press the old ones out/new ones in. I think not cost me about £20 to make mine last another 20 years.
Have a read of my thread here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=229046&p=1722097&hilit=Fisher+aquila#p1722097

@Bren, thanks a lot. We'll be taking it apart soon enough so your link should prove invaluable.