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GT Performer

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# of Reviews 20
Average Rating 4.65/5
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Submitted by nick a Racer from denver
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2009
Favorite Trail:denver skat park
Duration Product Used:3 months
Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At:mojo wheels
Strengths:the rims are strong, thick frame,
Weaknesses:the head set for the bars weak, the seat sucks, the crank and sprocket suck,( i bent the sprocket in two days, nothing is sealed
Similar Products Used:any performer, haro, and only builts
Bike Setup:gusset pedals, dirt bike chain, odessye tires rimes axles, yetti seat, 30 tooth sprocket,
Bottom Line:the bike neede to be ridden by the makers before they just throw a product out their look at the flaws idiots
Value Rating:2Overall Rating:2

Submitted by Echhh a Racer from dont care
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2009
Duration Product Used:2 Years
Price Paid: $275.00
Purchased At:friend
Strengths:Nice Handle bars, and frame
Weaknesses:Crank, Tires and Rims SUCK!
Similar Products Used:Haro Group 1 Ri
Haro FZR
Haro Backtrail X2
Haro Mirra 540 Air
Diamondback Viper
Diamondback Ignitor
Haro Shredder
Haro Master
Haro Revo
GT Compe
Dyno NSX
Dyno Zone
Mongoose SuperGoose Comp
Mongoose Supergoose Pro
Redline RL440
Redline Recon
Redline RL340
Mongoose Expert
Bottom Line:Sucks
Value Rating:2Overall Rating:3

Submitted by josh a Weekend Warrior from wenatcheewaunitedstates
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2008
Favorite Trail:dirt
Duration Product Used:1 Year
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At:full circle cycle
Strengths:good 3 piece crank
really good frame
smoothhh
Weaknesses:tires suck
its kinda heavy
Similar Products Used:gt dyno
Bike Setup:slam bars
demolition grips
sweet tires
snafu bar ends
took the gyro off and the front brake
Bottom Line:this bike is freaking radical
you should get it
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by ryanbard22 a Racer from Plainville, CT
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2008
Favorite Trail:Streets
Duration Product Used:More than 3 years
Price Paid: $420.00
Purchased At:Dicks Sporting Goods
Strengths:I love this bike. Its Amazing. I have had it for 5 years now and i love everything about it. its got a really good frame, built well. the rims are good sized to.
Weaknesses:the only problem i ever had is the 4 flat tires a month. but thats not the bike. also i stripped the barrings in the front and back wheel so i fixed it myself. it took like 2 months.
Similar Products Used:none
Bike Setup:Stock
Bottom Line:This bike is amazing.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by callthemall a Weekend Warrior from London/Strathroy Ont. Canada
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2008
Favorite Trail:random parking lots, roads
Duration Product Used:3 months
Price Paid: $420.00
Purchased At:Doug and Marions Cyc
Strengths:I have the 2004 version, but the concepts should be the same...

Very good bike. strong frame, will last through anything. I really like the big rims on the tires, will not bend when hopping and will take a lot of abuse at 85p.s.i. in the tires. Gyro brakes are really nice. will pull wheelies well and is really good for flatland.
Weaknesses:The brakes don't stop immediately, but I don't mind that. DO NOT TAKE THE BIKE APART unless you are HIGHLY skilled at what you are doing. I know my way around some bikes but I still screwed up the bearings and now it's a $100 job to repair. I went to a bike shop to see about a new freewheel (because the stock one is cheap and doesn't spin well under chain pressure) and he looked at it but couldn't do anything about it right then. so I rode it home and realized that the rear wheel was loose, so I tightened it up. I rode it again and the bearings were making a horrible rubbing and grinding sound. I took it all apart and re-greased the bearings... but that didn't help, and then the whole wheel locked up. I took it to the bike shop where I bought it from and he took a look at it and said that the bearings carved into the axle and hub, so he replaced my axle and bearings but it still makes the horrible grinding sound. so now (hopefully today) I will get my bike in for a new wheel ($80). and that should be the end of that. I also bought a new front sprocket and regreased the bearings, and now it's making slight grinding sounds so I haven't ridden it since as to not damage it. Before I did a full re-grease job on my friends cheap Hyperbike, and it works beautifully, but it doesn't work on the expensive ones. so just don't fix it yourself unless you REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
Similar Products Used:Hyperbike (I forget the name, but it's cheap and bought at Canadian Tire)
Bike Setup:new 31t Sprocket, will have replaced rear assembly (lol)
Bottom Line:It's a very good bike, built perfect at stock. just watch out when you start messing around and replacing stuff with the mechanism. leave it to the professionnals when something goes wrong!
Value Rating:4Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Mitch Ryan a Weekend Warrior from Capalana, QLD, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2008
Favorite Trail:Street
Duration Product Used:More than 3 years
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At:Local Bike Shop
Strengths:So bloody strong, indestructable! And pretty much everything else about the beast!
Weaknesses:Brakes, although once replaced the Performer almost flawless, except for the weight.
Similar Products Used:GT Compe
Bike Setup:3 piece cranks, double wall rimming, 39t sprocket, 16t freewheel.
Bottom Line:Best bike ever created.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Daniel Smith a from Perth Australia
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2005
Favorite Trail:Dirt Jumping
Duration Product Used:2 Years
Price Paid: $320.00
Purchased At:A Shop
Strengths:Tough as guts and it can take a fair beating. The rims are great even though i had to get them respoked because of some dick head with dinky pegs. The brakes are okay if you set them up good. Good stability and a good alrounder
Weaknesses:i've had a heap of stugg replaced on my bike(mostly because of me):rear brake callipers, grips(shoking) Brake leavers(weak), respoked rear rim, new chian tensioners(weak as), Some of the cabling, rear kog and crank bearings replaced 3 times(didn't fix the roblem.
Similar Products Used:nothing
Bike Setup:Dirt
Bottom Line:It's a great bike overall even though i have had some bad luck with it and secondly u have to fidle around with trying to get the best out of the brakes.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by mike a Weekend Warrior from brooklyn park, MN, USA
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2004
Favorite Trail:jellystone skatepark
Duration Product Used:2 Years
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:jerrys shwinn
Strengths:cro-mo frame, 3 peice cranks, pedals, sealed hub,i like the 4 peice bars.
Weaknesses:grips wear very easily, tires arent very good, weak sprocket otherwise a very good bike
Similar Products Used:volume mexican
Bike Setup:snafu grips, mosh 36t gaurd sprocket, odyssey 13t freewheel
Bottom Line:awsome as hell bike very reliable ive used it for 2 years and still nothing wrong with it brakes can use a little fix up but very good bike overall.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by andrew a Weekend Warrior from rochester mi usa
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2004
Favorite Trail:street
Duration Product Used:1 Year
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:?
Strengths:3 pc crank, 14 mm axles, seat. its strong and i havent broken anything on it.
Weaknesses:BRAKES! Take the gyro off because they make your brakes bad. then just use a cable in the back and the tires will be able to lock up.
HEAVY. remove the front brakes and leave pegs on only if you actually use them
Similar Products Used:hoffmans cheapest bike, huffy half ton, and free agent trail bikes.
Bike Setup:poverty 36 tooth crank wheel, new grips, removed gyro,new grips, and heavy duty tubes.
Bottom Line:Its a decent bike for the money. I would suggest going to dicks ore sports authority to find it cheap. The compopnents are awesome but the frames is a bit heavy. Good for beginners. It can be dropped, kicked, thrown and wont break. buy it if you see it under 200.
Value Rating:4Overall Rating:3

Submitted by Scott a Weekend Warrior from Boulder City Nevada
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2004
Favorite Trail:street
Duration Product Used:3 months
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:Bikes USA
Strengths:Cr-Mo 3 main tubes,Cr-Mo forks(oversized),ORYG Detangler, ACS 14T Fat Claws Cr-Mo freewheel,48H rims,sealed hubs,14G spokes,14mm axles,double freewheel threads,3pc cranks
Weaknesses:un-sealed bottom bracket,unsealed VP headset,grips wear too easily
Similar Products Used:Haro F-5,Volume Mexican,Fit Edwin
Bike Setup:Snafu 4130 Cr-Mo 3pc cranks(sealed),Snafu Swinger bars, Snafu Chunk sprocket,Demolition Team grips,Snafu RimJob tires,Odyssey Cassette Lite rear wheel(sealed),FSA Pig headset(sealed).
Bottom Line:This bike (stock) is the second best bike i have owned(Volume Mexican is first) if your looking for a great all-around bike and want more for your money, go with the 2003/2004 GT Performer they are great for the everyday rider
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Alex Ivanov a from Arlington Hts., il, usa
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2004
Favorite Trail:street, whitecenter, bg skatepark, glenview skatepark
Duration Product Used:1 Year
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:Prospect Bikes nd Trains
Strengths:Nice cro-mo frame, Comes with 4 pegs, Very strong Stock wheels comparet to many bikes for the price even more expensive bikes, has a pretty nice fork and love the threadless headset, the tires have good grip, the rear hub is sealed, has some indestructable crancks and nice large pedals with alot of grip to land on unlike most of the new bikes comming out. Its a gt not a haro, My brakes work grat with a little bit of work there great, has a nice gyro
Weaknesses:Unsealed front hub, heavy crancks, weak spokes the spokes came pretty loose when i got my bike but thats easly fixed maybe its just my bike casue the store i bought it from is very crappy
Similar Products Used:Hoffman rythm EL2, kink defender, and a "haro" backtrail x2(very unrealiable bike no offence to anyone), Freeaget
Bike Setup:Got new grips 3 times not sure wt kind no more, have 2 Redline FReavy-V tires, Some Dimondback 2 pice bars, Got some Snafu pedals, New brakepads, a new snafu seat, and am currently working on getting a new crancks.
Bottom Line:Overall this is a great bike no matter what some people might think about GT much better than many Haro bikes it is not that heavy compared to some other bikes. Jumps or ramps or anything easly, one of the easiest bikes to pull manuals and wheelies and very easy to balance on. It comes with some great wheels i listed basicly everything i can think of so i can give everyone a good review i listed bad things since i dont belive that there is a bike without weaknesses eaven a pro bike or frame has a weakness. This bike is great with a little bit of work and money it can be on top of many bikes out there and with a little bit ot worka dn mioney it can become even lighter and more able to take abuse. So if ur looking at a bike around 200 Please save your self the headache and dont get any haro bike Gt's are great anything but haro please. I dont mean to offend anyone by this remark if i did i am very sorry and enjoy biking
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Dana a Weekend Warrior from LasVegas
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2004
Favorite Trail:Apex
Duration Product Used:3 months
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:The Sports Authority
Strengths:Very durable, 14mm axles, very strong hubs, great for the pro flatlander, awesome beginning flatland bike, perfect for all ages of riders who can fit on it :) Oversized forks and thick tubing.
Weaknesses:heavy(but most flatland bikes are) 4pc bars im not too crazy about, cheap freewheel(very cheap)
Similar Products Used:XXXXXX
Bike Setup:left side drive (i converted,its all ive ever used, so why change?)
Bottom Line:This bike is the best bike i have ever owned, definately in the top 5 of best bikes in the world. If your looking to go flatland and want a high quality, cheap priced bicycle, GT Performer is the way to go.
Value Rating:3Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Chris Lesik a Racer from Waterford, WI US
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2004
Favorite Trail:na
Duration Product Used:3 months
Price Paid: $425.00
Purchased At:bobs pedal pusher
Strengths:Great bike overall. Best I have ever had. Easy to work on, Light enough to jump anything but yet still very strong. 4130 cro mo frame. Very think paint on it so it doesn't scratch. I love the threadless headset. best bike i have ever had.
Weaknesses:Didn't come with a 3 piece crank, which as being a bmx'r myself, i find a necessity.
Similar Products Used:Mongoose Sniper 97, cromo frame, great bike but nothing like the GT.
Bike Setup:01 Performer frame, 48 spoke rims, grinded off the dropouts in the rear, had to gring some of the front fork so that the other sized 14mm axle would fit.
Bottom Line:The GT i have found is one of the best bikes ever. I am planning on getting Alex triple wall rims. I have right now just some walmart grips, and i am planning on getting a GT grip and a GT sit. it is the best bike ever.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by JimBoB Henderson a Weekend Warrior from Canada
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2003
Favorite Trail:street
Duration Product Used:1 Year
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:second hand
Strengths:I bought this bike second hand and it still is amazing... I love the handlebars and the crank. The peg set up is awsome. and it is very light.
Weaknesses:The real weaknesses on this bike are the grips (very soft)and the brakes aren't that great.
Similar Products Used:Jamie bestwick (gt), Hoffman
Bike Setup:Really works out
Bottom Line:The bottom line is that it is a great bike for beginners and higher, because it is so light. I highly reccomend a performer when purchasing a bike.
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by harvey a Weekend Warrior from spain
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2003
Favorite Trail:woodward
Duration Product Used:Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $320.00
Strengths:3 piece cranks
gyro
good handlebars
hi-tensile steel frame
small cog for easier acceleration
Weaknesses:brakes
Similar Products Used:gt vertigo
Bottom Line:kick ass,easy to pedal and long lasting
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by monkey man a Weekend Warrior from cincinnati, ohio, US
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2003
Favorite Trail:monkeyman trail
Duration Product Used:Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At:dicks sporting goods
Strengths:everything for the price comes with chain tensioners already,
Weaknesses:none but ugly pedals, brakes
Similar Products Used:haro f3, diamondback joker
Bike Setup:stock
Bottom Line:gt gets u better bang for the buck than haro. everyone looks at mirra and nyquist. waa waa waa gt is quality, not gimmicks
so go to ur store and get a gt performer you will be satisfied
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by ?? ?? a Weekend Warrior from NY
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2003
Duration Product Used:Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $250.00
Strengths:overall this bike is the best
Weaknesses:there r no weaknesses really like i said its overall great
Bike Setup:i aint set it up
Bottom Line:the bottom line is buy this bike if u r thinking about it, it is a great bike, it lasts a long time just by quality BUY THIS BIKE DEFINITELY IT RIDES EXCELLENT
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Antony moss a Racer from blackpool
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2003
Duration Product Used:2 Years
Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At:£250
Strengths:very good
Weaknesses:not a lot of weaknesses exept the brakes
Similar Products Used:xxx
Bike Setup:east to set up, very
Bottom Line:extreamendly brilliant bike
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Jazza Milk a Weekend Warrior from Milkyblon
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2003
Duration Product Used:6 months
Strengths:Good Cromo tube
3pce cranks
14mm hubs
ORYG
Weaknesses:.............
Bottom Line:Good Stuff
Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

Submitted by Romayne Mckay a Weekend Warrior from Tooting
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2003
Duration Product Used:Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $459.00
Purchased At:wades cycles
Strengths:Very strong
Weaknesses:Has none
Similar Products Used:no
Bike Setup:Easy to set up
Bottom Line:Very good second or third bike ''go for it''
Value Rating:3Overall Rating:5






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