[David C]

How many of these are still around you think ?

 

[gm1230126]

How many of these are still around you think ?

93 GT Borrego's? I think I saw maybe six for sale nation wide on craigslist this year. They were originally spec'd with full Suntour XC Expert with top mount thumb shifters. The one below got bastardized with grip shift.

 

[David C]

93 GT Borrego's? I think I saw maybe six for sale nation wide on craigslist this year. They were originally spec'd with full Suntour XC Expert with top mount thumb shifters. The one below got bastardized with grip shift.

Thanks. Do you keep an eye on daily classified for pre-2000's GT models ?

 

[lewisfoto]

1994 GT Psyclone Some Progress

Posted over at RetoBike too where there is a longer thread

Slow progress to say the least.

Well I finally got some bits sorted with the Psyclone, mainly deciding that I would not go with a boutique build but a pretty straight forward Shimano set up. This of course freed up a lot of time and money as I already own most of the parts to finish the bike, shy of the crankset which I think must be M900.

So a little work cleaning over the weekend of the black XT brakes, levers and thumbies as well as installing a Logic headset that I found in a drawer meant I could get my first look at what the final bike may look like.

Wheelset will have to be taken apart as the rims are shot but I have a NOS set of Mavic 217s, also most likely will get set of repop Farmer Johns from First Flight.

Lastly I bought a NOS GT branded saddle only to discover that it is both too new and perhaps too low end for my purposes.

Steven

 

[colker1]

your levers are V brake specific.

 

[lewisfoto]

your levers are V brake specific.

What! shoot back to the drawing board

 

[girlonbike]

levers are cheap and plentiful. Not that big an issue on either side of the pond.

 

[gm1230126]

Thanks. Do you keep an eye on daily classified for pre-2000's GT models ?

No, 93 and earlier and LTS thermoplastics.

 

[David C]

Always looking to expend your collection

Would you happen to know if GT made any tandem bikes ?

 

[mik_git]

Would you happen to know if GT made any tandem bikes ?

They did inded

 

[zonoskar]

I have a problem with my RTS, the lower ball-joint has developed some play. On this bike, that's no fun at all since you notice it every time you get on the pedals. But where to get replacements? It's the ball-joint that screws into the shock shaft at the bottom.

 

[Fred Smedley]

94 Zaskar 16"

 

[gm1230126]

Would you happen to know if GT made any tandem bikes ?

Always looking for information so you can flip another bike, just like the Borrego?

 

[lewisfoto]

I have a problem with my RTS, the lower ball-joint has developed some play. On this bike, that's no fun at all since you notice it every time you get on the pedals. But where to get replacements? It's the ball-joint that screws into the shock shaft at the bottom.

This is just a random guess but could it be as simple as replacing a cartridge bearing?

 

[syklystt]

I have a problem with my RTS, the lower ball-joint has developed some play. On this bike, that's no fun at all since you notice it every time you get on the pedals. But where to get replacements? It's the ball-joint that screws into the shock shaft at the bottom.

Looking at my bike, Id say its a standard part from Mcmaster Carr..
McMaster-Carr
search for "ball joint end"

just gotta figure which one.

 

[syklystt]

This is just a random guess but could it be as simple as replacing a cartridge bearing?

Actually...way easier...just a couple nuts away.

 

[mik_git]

That RTS looks really nice, nice spec (well not a fan of the forks, but thats just personal preference).

 

[David C]

Always looking for information so you can flip another bike, just like the Borrego?

Informations, yes. Flipping a Borrego, never done that. Is it some Aussie type of raccoon ?

I currently have 5 GT's at home, 4 of them being ridden often and the fifth one as frame only, collecting dust. Being born in '92, I'm still discovering new models from that era. I was also interested into acquiring a tandem bike one day, so curious if I could find any GT and from which era.

 

[zonoskar]

That RTS looks really nice, nice spec (well not a fan of the forks, but that's just personal preference).

I have fitted Mag 21's now, I think they are a keeper. I didn't have such a nice shot of them on the bike, so I posted this one. Here's one with the Mags on. (don't mind the monkeylectrics in the back wheel). And I have since replaced the stem with a polished Syncros one.

Thanks for the leads on the ball joint. Now to find one in Europe I figured I needed to replace the inner ball, but didn't stop to think that you could replace the whole unit :madman:

 

[mik_git]

its funny, I actually thing that the other fork looks alright, except for the rear brake, if it was on the front, I'd like them, completely an asthetics thing.