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Old 08-31-02 | 02:58 PM
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From: Ozark Mountains

Bikes: 2003 Yeti AS-R, 2018 Waltly ti

GT went corporate. A friend of mine has a bike shop, and he used to be a GT dealer. He told me the other day that they sold out and went with either Kmart or Walmart, I honestly can't remember now which but either way it's a bummer. It has become quite a problem for him, as an independant dealer he has a hard time staying with one line. At one time he could sell them all, but he lost Trek because he couldn't afford to do their minimum yearly thing (which was surprisingly high), and he also sold Gary Fisher bikes, who sold out to Trek. He can still do Santa Cruz and KHS, and maybe by now he has Speciallized but it is a much more complicated business than one would think from the outside.
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