GT Bicycles

GT Bicycles

GT Bicycles is a large American manufacturer of road, mountain, and bmxbicycles. 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 itself acquired Auburn Racing and Dyno Products from Bob Morales plus Robinson Racing from the late Chuck Robinson in the late 1980s.

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.

Models

BMX
* Vertigo
* Performer
* Pro Performer
* World Tour
* Pro Freestyle Tour
* Aggressor
* Show
* Interceptor
* Mach One
* Pro Series
* Compe
* Power Series
* Fueler
* Bump
* Zone
* El Centro
* Califia
* Havana
* Air
* Fly
* SlammerRoad and Mountain
* Palomar
* Rebound (Steel, and then later aluminum, hardtail)
* Tequesta (Steel hardtail)
* Zaskar (Aluminum, and then later possibly Carbon fibre, hardtail)
* Xizang (Titanium hardtail)
* Avalanche (All mountain hardtails)
* Pantera (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
* Talera (Mountain Hardtail)
* ZR series (road bikes with a numerical designation, the lowest being the best spec'd bike (i.e., a ZR 1.0 was a better quality bike than a ZR 4.0).

GT also manufactured a series of highly regarded Track bikes
* GTB (Generic Track Bike)
* GT Pulse

External links

* [http://www.gtbikes.com/ Company website]


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