Originally Posted by
NormanF
The bike is a blend of the traditional fitness pavement flat bar road bike and the dual sport pavement/off-road hybrid bike.
GT wants to take the best of both and make them work in a new bike.
Hopefully, their expansion of their GT Grade product line is going to pay off for them.
wanted one but no GT dealers in my area to demo and size fit. interested in size 53cm but geometry shows stand over height too high for 29 1/2 inseam, looking at 51cm frame which can give me more clearance. how's the handling on pavement and gravel/light trail compared to the drop bar version?