GT Force : how to tell which frame I am looking at
 

My brother is looking at getting a gt force frame off of craigslist. The owner of the frame doesn't seem to know too much about the frame, but I'd like to know if we would be getting a good deal or not. He believes the frame is aluminum. He also believes that the frame is possibly a 2006, but from what I have found searching, they stopped making the GT Force road frame in 1999. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Chad

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/1560862786.html
http://images.craigslist.org/3k23p33...37df1111b6.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/3n43m93...8572561c93.jpg
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I'm not going to do the research for you but this site is an excellent resource:
http://www.bikepedia.com/

I will say from what I know that it is aluminum. It is a GT. And I think they only recently stopped making them (more recently than 1999). It's probably worth it for $75 assuming it's still straight.

that's the thing though

I used bikepedia and the last year they have the gt force road bike listed is 1999
the 1999-1998 are made out of chromoly
the 1997-1994 are made out of aluminum and the retail was much higher on them

I'd like to know what year this frame is in particular if there is a way to find out.

I can't speak of the "force" line but I know that GT has used that basic frame setup well into the 2000's.

It is possible that it's a force, in which case you did your research, but it could also be possible that it is another GT bike.

This frame is from 2001 for instance
http://auctionsound.s3.amazonaws.com...19778.8952.jpg