[Paul1PA]

[PAID SPAM] Pristine GT Avalanche Frameset!

Hello fellow GT enthusiasts!

For anyone interested in a classic 1995 GT Avalanche ball-burnished frameset, please check out my paid ad here on MTBR:

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Very rare to find a 15 year old MTB frame in such exceptional condition. Includes a matching chrome finished Kinesis fork and Profile stem plus a new FSA headset along with many original accessories. Priced to sell and 100% ready for a fun Winter retro build project! :thumbsup:

-Paul

 

[Macca!]

G'day everyone..

Just after some assistance ID'ing the year of my GT Pantera. I think it's a 95, but I've never seen the same "Pantera" decal on another bike:

Not sure if it was normal, but the GT logo & Pantera on the frame are under the clearcoat.

It is fully rigid, with a "GT Cro-Mo" sticker on the forks. Came with STX/STX-RC gear, KORE stem & GT bars.

I'm starting a restoration on it, so it'd be handy to know what year it is to get the appropriate bits.

Cheers..

Macca

 

[gm1230126]

G'day everyone..
Just after some assistance ID'ing the year of my GT Pantera. I think it's a 95, but I've never seen the same "Pantera" decal on another bike:

It's a 1996 model year Pantera. You can tell by the font used in the model name decal

 

[Matt H.]

That looks like a good restoration project--I'll bet it will clean up real nice. Panteras are cool.:thumbsup:

 

[Matt H.]

I recently sold my '91 Team Avalanche, and forgot to post pics into this thread. Here it is:

 

[aaronland]

I am now making brass travel chips for the GT STS, and LTS.
If you are interested, here are some pics on ebay, and my address is
aaron@golandspeed.com

Thanks!

 

[aaronland]

Oops, this may help...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160507980485&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT

 

[laffeaux]

Matt, nice looking bike. It looks like it was in excellent condition, and pretty much original parts. I have one the same size, but it's beat compared to yours.

 

[Macca!]

It's a 1996 model year Pantera. You can tell by the font used in the model name decal

That looks like a good restoration project--I'll bet it will clean up real nice. Panteras are cool.:thumbsup:

Thanks guys..

 

[Matt H.]

Matt, nice looking bike. It looks like it was in excellent condition, and pretty much original parts. I have one the same size, but it's beat compared to yours.

Thanks Laffeaux--I think I recall seeing yours posted somewhere wearing studded snowtires. Or am I thinking of someone elses?

 

[gm1230126]

A recent acquisition/project in the works and very close to getting it back to original.. First want to thank Linoleum for agreeing to part with this one. It's a 1993 GT Team Avalanche. Tig Welded and US built from True Temper AVR frame tubing. This was the last steel framed Avalanche/Team Avalanche that GT offered and is probably the rarest because in 1993 the industry experienced the explosion in aluminum offerings and that year the Avalanche model became the Avalanche AL and GT kept the Team Avalanche as a steel bike. This was my missing link to completing the GT Avalanche/Team Avalanche steel collection from 1988-1993. When I received this one it was wearing a 98 Indy for but I had the correct model year original Bologna Lite in inventory so switched it back to catalogue spec. The bike is full M900 XTR with M231 rims. Rich tells me it had obviously seen some sun because the "Team" top tube decals had turned white. The frame color is great but it's Imron so one would expect that to hold up well to sun. Many of the black ano parts like the headset, seat post and stem looked polished on the drive side due to the sun and original black on the left side. I have an original black post on the way for it and will be switching the tires back to the original Smoke/Dart combo.
Enjoy.

 

[laffeaux]

Thanks Laffeaux--I think I recall seeing yours posted somewhere wearing studded snowtires. Or am I thinking of someone elses?

Yep, that was mine. It's been called on for snow duty this winter.

 

[Linoleum]

Thanks for taking care of her! The black looks great btw.

R.

 

[gm1230126]

Thanks for taking care of her! The black looks great btw.

R.

Thanks,:thumbsup: Just matching it back up with the original catalog pic.

 

[99GTCA]

newbie here, so please be gentle...

i am trying to figure out what year and model this GT is:

i rescued it about 8 yrs ago from an abandoned bike rack in my apt bldg - manager was going to send the 5 or so random bikes on the rack to a scrap metal junkyard. this one came home with me.

the stickers were mostly torn or scraped off but from what I remember they were black and red. the natural aluminum finish is a bit pitted and corroded from exposure to the salty air here in santa monica.

i added the missing pieces (seat & post, front wheelset and tire, bar ends, replaced cables, brake pads etc...) and have ridden it off and on for the past 8 yrs or so. it keeps my other ride (94' fisher montare) company on my balcony.

this is what i can tell from some web digging and inspecting the bike:

serial number is MA5002460 (under BB)
size 16 frame
7005 aluminum
rounded GT engraved cap at end of top tube
integrated seat clamp
V-brakes
1 1/8" threadless Aheadset SAS
LX front + XT rear

here are some more pictures:

my best guess is that it's a 1999/2000 avalanche? any input is greatly appreciated. she's overdue for a rebuild. hopefully this summer.

 

[gm1230126]

JFYI...every newbie whose ever posted questions like yours in the VRC has come here seeking info that they themselves could find out and learn on line through some simple searches just so they could run off to craigs or eBay and sell off there bike. Your newbie here so please be gentle comment gave you away.

 

[99GTCA]

JFYI...every newbie whose ever posted questions like yours in the VRC has come here seeking info that they themselves could find out and learn on line through some simple searches just so they could run off to craigs or eBay and sell off there bike. Your newbie here so please be gentle comment gave you away.

JFYI, i don't know you and you definitely do not know me...and unlike you, i am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and refrain making any rude assumptions about you or your intentions off the bat.

while you may have encyclopedic knowledge of all things GT, i do not. i have been trying to figure out the correct year and model of my bike for over 3 weeks now and i keep finding conflicting information. my best guess is in my original post. if i could have determined with certainty what model and year my bike is on my own, i would have rather spared myself the joys of coming into an established forum as a newbie and 'meeting' someone as friendly as yourself

no, i have absolutely no intentions of selling the bike. i've been out of the mountain biking scene for close to 15 years now, so much so that my bikes have become 'cool' again by default.

my inquiry here is out of pure curiosity as lately, every time i ride the GT, other riders (much younger than me) ask what it is and/or tell me conflicting things about it. i also figured it would hopefully be a good way to try and get back involved with an online community of bike enthusiasts.

 

[DFA]

Picked up a 91 Karakoram recently. Still has the original Ritchey MegaBites on it.

All I have to do now is convince my friend who is now "boycotting fitness" to part with his Xizang, and with my Zaskar I'll have one of each. It will probably take mucho tequila.

 

[gm1230126]

JFYI, i don't know you and you definitely do not know me...and unlike you, i am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and refrain making any rude assumptions about you or your intentions off the bat.

while you may have encyclopedic knowledge of all things GT, i do not. i have been trying to figure out the correct year and model of my bike for over 3 weeks now and i keep finding conflicting information. my best guess is in my original post. if i could have determined with certainty what model and year my bike is on my own, i would have rather spared myself the joys of coming into an established forum as a newbie and 'meeting' someone as friendly as yourself

no, i have absolutely no intentions of selling the bike. i've been out of the mountain biking scene for close to 15 years now, so much so that my bikes have become 'cool' again by default.

my inquiry here is out of pure curiosity as lately, every time i ride the GT, other riders (much younger than me) ask what it is and/or tell me conflicting things about it. i also figured it would hopefully be a good way to try and get back involved with an online community of bike enthusiasts.

It appears to be a 97 model year Avalanche based on the integrated seat clamp and 7005 frame tubing.

 

[99GTCA]

It appears to be a 97 model year Avalanche based on the integrated seat clamp and 7005 frame tubing.

thank you, much appreciated...

however, this just further confounds me. i don't know how accurate bikepedia is but all the 97 avalanches they have listed (LE, 01, 02) are made from 6061 not 7005?

i saw in one of your previous posts that you mentioned the airfree tires site as a better reference - do you have a link to that as cannot find any bike model reference info on their site.

i even emailed GT regarding the serial number and they were no help.