Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - gt track bike?

so i've heard rumors of reviving the gtb. i was at my parents' house, unfortunately sans bike. my mom was driving and i was in the car, and we went past a retail bike shop, and i swear i saw a gt track bike in the window. anyone know what's up?

Damn, I hope so. I can't wait for some college kid to buy a 62cm frame, ride it for a few months, get tired of it, and sell it to me on Ebay. Please put a good headset on it kid.

jim

i've heard a whisper of them bringing it back too. i hope so. i never see one in my size.

You guys are delusional. If they bring it back it'll be the Schwinn Madison relabeled. I can't imagine they'd even do the triple triangle frame design on it.

buzzkilllllllllllllllll

I stand corrected, sort of.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/998258833_163a908eb6_b.jpg

Oh you mean like the one pictured at the end of the line in the following picture?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2007/dec07/SCAT07/latrobe/4.jpg

At least... I think that's a GT.

or Bt.......?

it's clearly an RT track pro.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/998258833_163a908eb6_b.jpg

They need to take at least an inch off of that chain.


EDIT: as in: pull that rear wheel more into the drops.

why?

A - He's on rollers, so it hardly matters
B - Obsessing about chain tension is an affectation of the trendiness

I was more concerned with safety. He's at the very edge of the drops, and it's definitely going to add unneeded additional torque to that part of the frame.

A - He's on rollers

uh, you mean the rollers in the background? i dont see a bike on those.

A - He's on rollers, so it hardly matters

And I guess the aerobars are to make you go faster on the trainer, right?

I wrote them this last summer asking if there were plans to bring it back. they told me no, but that the 2008 line hadn't been decided.

uh, you mean the rollers in the background? i dont see a bike on those.

he meant the trainer the bike is on. don't be a know it all. no-one likes one of those, remember?

I wrote them this last summer asking if there were plans to bring it back. they told me no, but that the 2008 line hadn't been decided.


well, it seems it'd be high time for that decision to be made by now.

I was more concerned with safety. He's at the very edge of the drops, and it's definitely going to add unneeded additional torque to that part of the frame.

ALSO ITS HARD TO STEER WITH A JACKET ON THE HANDLEBARS YOU MIGHT WANNA REMOVE THAT

I stand corrected, sort of.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/998258833_163a908eb6_b.jpg

So, back to the subject at hand----where did this photo come from? Is this a new GT that was being tested or something? I like my GTB a lot, it would be interesting to see what tubing they would choose for a new GT track bike. If it has those drops, I might be a bit hesitant to buy it but the blue looks nice. I'd love one in steel.....

If I was ever to go with a custom lugged frame, I'd make sure it had a triple triangle with lugs where the seatstays meet the top tube. super duper original.... :sigh: only a dream though

If it has those drops, I might be a bit hesitant to buy it but the blue looks nice.

Nothing wrong with Surly/Sub11 type track ends!

Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the GT-B perceived.

uh, you mean the rollers in the background? i dont see a bike on those.


Sorry, I forgot being trendy, besides obsessing over stuff you really have little knowledge of, also meant the use the correct terminology.

The bike is mounted on a trainer.

I was more concerned with safety. He's at the very edge of the drops, and it's definitely going to add unneeded additional torque to that part of the frame.

i'm sure the owner knows what he's doing lol

hey if they dont bring it back, i have a 54cm gtb that i want to get rid of..........

ssshhhh sssshhhs ssshhhh

10-4

Nothing wrong with Surly/Sub11 type track ends!

Yes, but I run Miches and they have a pretty large nut, 15mm if memory serves, meaning I'd have to have a ratchet on me. Not a big deal I guess, just something to think about. They look like Surlys but are they Surlys?

So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/jetsanchEz/GT19copy-1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/998258833_163a908eb6_b.jpg

Yes, but I run Miches and they have a pretty large nut, 15mm if memory serves, meaning I'd have to have a ratchet on me. Not a big deal I guess, just something to think about. They look like Surlys but are they Surlys?

So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/jetsanchEz/GT19copy-1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/998258833_163a908eb6_b.jpg

You don't need a ratchet to remove 15mm nuts from Surly dropouts. Not that I'm sure those are Surly.

GT website today says "New 2008 bikes are here" but there is no GTB on the site.

One thing I notice about the "new" GT is that it doesn't have the signature seat-tube-pass-through-top-tube that the old GTs have. The downtube is a bit more beefed up and ovalized around the headtube. It also looks like it has an integrated headset. Definitely a new frame, at any rate.

That flickr stream has some serious track bling in it.

im guessing by that photo, and the others, this is a one off for a sponserred racer.

I'm fairly certain that that GT bike is not new, I think it's an older team bike from back before Tiemeyer made the GT team frames.

The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the integrated headset, which isn't something you saw on many frames until the last few years.

^thats what im saying. the integrated headset make me think ONE OFF

If it helps, the bike belongs to Mike McMahon who is the road bike project manger at GT and a USCF cat. 1 road and track racer, he rides for Team Velocity

and just a thought about the axle being so far back in the track end, he probably runs a smaller cog on the trainer than is on the disk wheel in the back ground.

Both his hubs are the same so probably not the case.

I always thought those frames were kinda odd.
Why is there so much love for em?

because they are so different

ohhhh, different. i see.

and just a thought about the axle being so far back in the track end, he probably runs a smaller cog on the trainer than is on the disk wheel in the back ground.

brilliant. this might be a possibility.

Both his hubs are the same so probably not the case.


notice the front wheel sitting on the disk. if he is a cat 1, i would imagine he wouldnt be racing on those wheels, they are just for warmup/training.