Special Zirconium 9000 DB Aluminum frame. This is a special alloy developed over nine years of back and forth between Gary Klein and the materials engineers at his aluminum suppliers. This is Fisher's top frame, and you just can't buy a better hardtail race frame! Also sports the very flash Fox fork.

You dream about having the perfect bike.. this is not the perfect bike. But it is so good, good enough to win Expert class races, that you really have to know what you're about to want to spend more money. Gary Fisher has a long history of offering his top frame with a good-enough-for-anything parts mix of his own choice, and this is it. One of our neighbors has had three nice Fishers like this and won't ride anything else (it has taken him about ten years to wear out each one).

That said, when you get to this price range, if you don't race, you should also consider a HiFi cross-country full-suspension bike.