New member, heres my retro ride

gt-ellis

Hi guys thought id post up a quick pic of my bike im new to the site and live just on the boarder of north wales, been building it for a while and not long started useing it, built it all from second hand but good condition parts to keep the cost down but wanted a nice bike, found the frame that had been fully reconditioned so was like new, had loved this bike as a young lad so snapped this up when i got offered it. Anyway heres a pic



Gt lts dh frame with titanium rear section
X-lite phatso rims with hope hubs
Rockshox judy shocks
rockshox delux rear shock
shimano dx brakes
x-lite seat
xt rear mech
xtr crank arms and chain ring
mrc dh chain device
hope headset
hope seatclamp

duron1

lol thats different! Ride well?

gt-ellis

To be honest mate its a bike to me, i just go back and forward to the gym and work on it, just wanted something that looked nice and alwasy loved these bikes, it feels nice to ride too me, soaks up any hard bumps and when i want to go quick then the shocks can be nice and firm, so all in all does me grand

Briggo

Its erm, different

jonnyc2420

I remember lusting after these too! - i think ive still got one of the freebie MBUK videos where they were giving these a good thrashing - used to watch it for hours.........
cool 8)

freeride-mike

I remeber these awesome looking bikes, think they still look better than some of the tripe they turn out these days, my mate bought a nice blue 1 with a full xt set up bout a month ago and its stunning

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LoUiS1985

i like that....that's cool

ravey1981

Retro cool. Team MBUK used to use these as they're DH race bikes...Think Peaty had one too before the lobo..

ramemtbers

i am a big fan of the retro GT dh bikes. and that looks sweet

Paul 8v

I rode one of these for the first time the other day, great bike, I always wanted one back in the day 8)

gt-ellis

It is a great bike yes, only prob i have with it is leaveing it places, im always worried it will get stolen or parts will go walkies off it, im sure alot of you have the same problem.

Paul 8v

My mate took the GT stickers off his, sadly it's dying so he says he might chuck a basket on it and use it as the worlds most expensive shopping bike!

kopite1979

my mate had one until recently, loved it but said it was a heavy beast.

gt-ellis

Too be fair i find it quite light, prob alot lighter bikes out there but i dont find it bad atall. Ive got a bug to build another now, not sure why but had good fun building this one.

supersonic

An oldy, about 1997 that one.

LTS system is a four bar that they had to stop making because Spesh patented the design - so GT made a better one ;-)

*AJ*

Nice build!!

llamafarmer

Retro!

But it can't be comfortable with the saddle tilted back like that surely? :shock: Or do you have really long arms?

Offshorenath

Loved these backin the day, I'd still give my left nut for a GT STS carbon. Ooooh with spin wheels mmmmmmmmmmm.....

Sorry showing my age

Anonymous

Nice bit of retro GT mtb, there is some on www.retrobike.co.uk

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=93424

trekhead

I can`t believe you`ve got a gnome