New gt force

bluechair84

Anyone remember the Sanction? They had a carbon version I think which looked like it could have been a light superb enduro machine... but I noticed a while back they didn't seem to make it anymore. They seem to be fazing out quite a few of their carbon lines!

YeehaaMcgee

They're claiming it's because they can prototype aluminium faster, so they can test out small incremental modifications - they expect to have carbon versions again soon, I'm led to believe.

jairaj

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

They're claiming it's because they can prototype aluminium faster, so they can test out small incremental modifications - they expect to have carbon versions again soon, I'm led to believe.

That's certainly the case with their new downhill bike, I'm sure the same reasoning applies to their other bikes too.

YeehaaMcgee

I wouldn't expect the to announce upcoming carbon editions though, in case it hurts sales of the current aluminium ones.

Gibbo GTI

Aren't they claiming the new ally bike is lighter than the previous carbon Fury? I'd happily buy the ally Force if it's similar in weight to my carbon Force.

YeehaaMcgee

The GT Force will almost certainly be lighter than the Carbon Fury was, since the Fury was (and is) a full on DH bike.

Northwind

Think what he meant was, the new alu Fury is lighter than the old carbon Fury so maybe that'll extend down to other models. Which is a wee bit misleading tbh, the old carbon Fury was built to be indestructible and wasn't light at all so it's not that much of an achievement.

YeehaaMcgee

They also didn't use carbon for lightness on the Fury, it was there to be ultra rigid, at the same weight as the previous aluminium model

Gibbo GTI

Well after all the reviews done by British magazines on the new GT Force Carbon, GT has announced it is not releasing that bike in the Uk. Instead we get the Force X which has a change to the spec and a horrendous colour scheme. Looks like I'll be looking for something else to buy now.

YeehaaMcgee

It's also 4 grand, for an SLX based bike.

The Northern Monkey

Gibbo GTI wrote:

Well after all the reviews done by British magazines on the new GT Force Carbon, GT has announced it is not releasing that bike in the Uk. Instead we get the Force X which has a change to the spec and a horrendous colour scheme. Looks like I'll be looking for something else to buy now.

Where did you read that?

Our local bike shop is a GT dealer and went to a bike expo a week or so ago... got loads of pics of the alu force and he mentioned nothing about not stocking the full range!

Pinkbike have reported that the top of the range version is lighter than last years top range version but didnt quote weights..

I very much like these, tempted between this and the new Saracen Ariel!

The Northern Monkey

DP.

YeehaaMcgee

It's mentioned here on Bikeradar somewhere.

The Northern Monkey

Balls... was really considering one

The Northern Monkey

Hmm still cant find that... the BR article just says expect new bikes in October?!

Gibbo GTI

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/gt-force-x-pricing-and-spec-details-38140/

That was where I got the info from.

lawman

First paragraph of the BR article says it all. Normal Force bikes won't be coming but we get the force X which has a more suitable build kit for the uk, if there is such a thing!!

The Northern Monkey

Hmmm... I wonder if its the Sensor I've seen then!

Hadn't seen that article, what a kick in the nuts!

Gibbo GTI

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Hmmm... I wonder if its the Sensor I've seen then!

Hadn't seen that article, what a kick in the nuts!

Yep, I was going to replace my current Force with it but not now.

gt5xcr

Just sent email to gt to inform them of my disappointment that I won't be able to get the force pro.guess I 'll look at a different make of bike now.at this rate they won't sell many force x's.