Anyone remember this Mid 90s GT?
03-20-25 | 03:40 PM
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Anyone remember this Mid 90s GT?
It was a cheapy model, Target and chain stores use to sell them...I just want to see pictures for nostalgic sake if I can figure out the model. Think they ranged $129-159 back then. Year? Im guessing 1995-1998 (I was still at my old house and I remember drooling over them and pulling them out of the rack to ride in the stores)
They had the skinny pegs that I remember matched the accent of the bike, if the decals on the bike were red it had red pegs, if they were blue it had blue pegs. Silver chrome and the matching color, not smooth pegs.
Chrome silver frame. They did have gyros.
I looked through various images and its like looking through a needle in a hay stack. Or those pegs sucked so bad people took them off and threw them away.
If this is in the wrong place apologies in advance.
-JR
They had the skinny pegs that I remember matched the accent of the bike, if the decals on the bike were red it had red pegs, if they were blue it had blue pegs. Silver chrome and the matching color, not smooth pegs.
Chrome silver frame. They did have gyros.
I looked through various images and its like looking through a needle in a hay stack. Or those pegs sucked so bad people took them off and threw them away.
If this is in the wrong place apologies in advance.
-JR
03-20-25 | 04:18 PM
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To the best of my knowledge GT was never sold in big box stores. In 2001 they went bankrupt and were bought by pacific cycles (who also owned mongoose) but still remained a bikeshop brand (Schwinn and Mongoose were both sold in big box stores). Generally GT was also more expensive brand, on the cheaper end would have been Dyno but I can't think of anything that cheap for a freestyle bike
I would do a search through catalogs by year to see if you can find anything
I would do a search through catalogs by year to see if you can find anything
03-20-25 | 05:46 PM
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yeah dude this was so long ago?
DYNO is a offbrand of GT or just some cheap instore brand? Maybe i mistook it for GT ill look up mongoose and royce union (i remember RU was around but later like when I got my BMX bike RU was the in store brand)
IDK i thought they were GT's maybe not.
Yeah I tried to find a old toys r us catalog scan or something online havent seen it.
DYNO is a offbrand of GT or just some cheap instore brand? Maybe i mistook it for GT ill look up mongoose and royce union (i remember RU was around but later like when I got my BMX bike RU was the in store brand)
IDK i thought they were GT's maybe not.
Yeah I tried to find a old toys r us catalog scan or something online havent seen it.
03-20-25 | 05:52 PM
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Heres a match for what the pegs looked like in question or mighty dam close....says its a "1996 royce union"
I found a picture that matches the pegs i was describing under the above ^ I cant post the picture yet since i havent made 10 posts
I found a picture that matches the pegs i was describing under the above ^ I cant post the picture yet since i havent made 10 posts
04-27-25 | 11:22 PM
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Bikes: Rideable; 83 Schwinn High Sierra. Two cruiser, bmx bike, one other mtb, three road frames, one citybike.
To the best of my knowledge GT was never sold in big box stores. In 2001 they went bankrupt and were bought by pacific cycles (who also owned mongoose) but still remained a bikeshop brand (Schwinn and Mongoose were both sold in big box stores). Generally GT was also more expensive brand, on the cheaper end would have been Dyno but I can't think of anything that cheap for a freestyle bike
I would do a search through catalogs by year to see if you can find anything
I would do a search through catalogs by year to see if you can find anything
