GT Bicycles

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GT Bicycles is a large American manufacturer of road, mountain, and bmx bicycles. The company was founded in 1979 by Gary Turner, a welding engineer and Richard Long, a bike shop owner. The company merged with Schwinn in 1998, but the conglomerate went bankrupt in 2001, and was acquired by Pacific Cycle. Dorel Industries acquired Pacific Cycle in 2004.

GT mountain bikes are often readily identifiable by the unique "triple triangle" frame design present in most hard-tail designs. Early BMX frames were also easily identifiable as the top tube seemed to bisect the seat tube and protrude beyond it by approximately an inch-and-a-half towards the rear of the frame. This innovative idea was claimed to reduce the amount of vibration transferred to the seat from the rear wheel. Later versions would actually have the customary "GT" letters stamped on the end of the protruding tube.

[edit] Models

BMX

• Performer
• Vertigo
• intercepter
• tour
• pro series
• Compe
• Power Series
• Fueler
• Bump
• Zone
• El Centro
• Califia
• havana
• Air
• Fly
• Slammer

Road and Mountain

• Zaskar (Carbon fibre hardtail)
• Xizang (Titanhardtail)
• Avalanche (All mountain hardtails)
• Karakoram (Tange Steel Hardtail)
• Richter 8 (Steel Hardtail)
• RTS (Full suspension)
• LTS (Full Suspension)
• STS (Carbonbikes)
• Force
• Sanction
• Lobo DH, DHi (Downhill bikes)
• i-drive Series
• iT-1 (Downhill/freeride Dual Suspension)
• Ruckus (freeride Hardtails and Duallys also Dirtbikes)
• Chucker (freeride/Dirt jump Hardtail)
• Outpost (Mountain Hardtail)
• Timberline (Comfort/Hybrid)
• Course (Very Rare Road, Reynolds 853)
• Agressor (polished aluminum hardtail)
• Marathon

GT also manufactured a series of highly regarded Track bikes

• GTB (Generic Track Bike)
• GT Pulse

[edit] External links

• Company website