I spent the latter half of this year researching what $2-3000 sportive road bike I was going to buy.
I was leaning towards a Trek Domane or a Lynskey Sportive but then decided to just wait since I ultimately want a carbon road with disc brakes.
Since it will take a few years for all the manufacturers to sort disc technology out, and hopefully electronic groups will come down in price; I got this 1998 GT Forte to ease me back into road cycling after a 25 year hiatus.
I always wanted this bike but it was ~$2700 back in 1998 which seemed crazy to me.
I luckily got this for only $625 since the seller was moving overseas.
Gotta love titanium since it never looks old.

I'm 5'8" so I thought the 54cm was a good size, but I feel it is too long for me or my 40y.o. body just doesn't like to stretch like when I was a kid.
It came with a Selle Flite saddle, then I tried a Brooks Finesse, but find the Rido saddle slammed forward the best so far.
I also raised the stem as far up as possible.
I removed the small chainring since there are no hills here and my computer is on the back wheel since I ride on a turbo trainer.



I wouldn't dare to put this in the Hot or Not thread, but I plan to upgrade everything to fit me better and just be cooler; threadless fork, straight seatpost and shorter stem will be on the list for sure.
I will post again when it significantly different.