Fischer bikes

[Jelwell1982]

Ever heard of them? A friend of mine has one that we pulled the fenders and rack and gear driven light off to take on the trail a few times. Pretty stiff since it had no front shock, but overall it performed surprisingly well.
I've tried Googling but didn't find much on the bike except it is a German Company. I think it might be a great idea to slap the racks and light back on and do some bikepacking with it. His father has another identical bike in their garage(I believe they were our hased in Germany about 10 yrs ago). If it wont hold up to offroad use I think maybe some slicks a panniers would make a decent low budget Tourer. Any comments? ideas? Know anything about these bikes?

[Flounder]

Fischer bikes are mid/low end bicycles that may have only been imported into the states for a couple years. German bikes have always had a short lived run here. Anyone remember Wheeler? Anyway, Fischer bikes were a bit unusual in many ways. Most I've seen, and that's only two or three, were 700c wheeled "trekking" bikes.

Sounds like that's what you have? If so, bikepacking is out. There's no way that'll work. But, you could very easily do some road touring on it.

[Jelwell1982]

you sound dead on. They lived in Belgium for a few years so I'm guessing they came back to America with the bikes.

[jkieler]

Fischer bikes are mid/low end bicycles that may have only been imported into the states for a couple years. German bikes have always had a short lived run here. Anyone remember Wheeler? Anyway, Fischer bikes were a bit unusual in many ways. Most I've seen, and that's only two or three, were 700c wheeled "trekking" bikes.

Sounds like that's what you have? If so, bikepacking is out. There's no way that'll work. But, you could very easily do some road touring on it.

I wouldn't say the one I got is low end by any stretch of the imagination. When I was stationed in Germany I spotted out my Fischer X-Series Mountain bike 26 in double walled wheels 7005 Series Heat Treated aluminum Allow with Full Front and rear Suspension and Front Disc Brake with 24 speeds.

[phsycle]

I wouldn't say the one I got is low end by any stretch of the imagination. When I was stationed in Germany I spotted out my Fischer X-Series Mountain bike 26 in double walled wheels 7005 Series Heat Treated aluminum Allow with Full Front and rear Suspension and Front Disc Brake with 24 speeds...

Sounds pretty mid/low end to me. (No offense). Doesn't mean you can't have fun on one, though.

BTW, a "better" way to tie down the bike is to have a strap going to each end of the handlebar (compress the shock and tighten), then if needed, strapping the back end down (I usually don't).

[digitaldelay]

I wouldn't say the one I got is low end by any stretch of the imagination. When I was stationed in Germany I spotted out my Fischer X-Series Mountain bike 26 in double walled wheels 7005 Series Heat Treated aluminum Allow with Full Front and rear Suspension and Front Disc Brake with 24 speeds.

Speaking of German bikes, Mountain Equipment Co-Op here in Canada started selling Ghost Bikes last year. Went to look at them again today. I want one!

Off topic, that's a nice-looking Ranger, jkieler!

Jason