gt track bike?
12-29-07, 09:36 AM
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Yes, but I run Miches and they have a pretty large nut, 15mm if memory serves, meaning I'd have to have a ratchet on me. Not a big deal I guess, just something to think about. They look like Surlys but are they Surlys?
So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?
So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?
12-29-07, 09:44 AM
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Yes, but I run Miches and they have a pretty large nut, 15mm if memory serves, meaning I'd have to have a ratchet on me. Not a big deal I guess, just something to think about. They look like Surlys but are they Surlys?
So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?
So, no one knows anything about that blue GT pictured? It looks like the tubing is a bit thinner than the old GTs, here is my '98, does it look fatter to you or am I imagining things?
12-29-07, 04:28 PM
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One thing I notice about the "new" GT is that it doesn't have the signature seat-tube-pass-through-top-tube that the old GTs have. The downtube is a bit more beefed up and ovalized around the headtube. It also looks like it has an integrated headset. Definitely a new frame, at any rate.
That flickr stream has some serious track bling in it.
That flickr stream has some serious track bling in it.
12-29-07, 05:48 PM
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I'm fairly certain that that GT bike is not new, I think it's an older team bike from back before Tiemeyer made the GT team frames.
The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the integrated headset, which isn't something you saw on many frames until the last few years.
The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the integrated headset, which isn't something you saw on many frames until the last few years.
12-29-07, 08:43 PM
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If it helps, the bike belongs to Mike McMahon who is the road bike project manger at GT and a USCF cat. 1 road and track racer, he rides for Team Velocity
12-29-07, 09:34 PM
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and just a thought about the axle being so far back in the track end, he probably runs a smaller cog on the trainer than is on the disk wheel in the back ground.
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12-29-07, 09:38 PM
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Both his hubs are the same so probably not the case.
I always thought those frames were kinda odd.
Why is there so much love for em?
I always thought those frames were kinda odd.
Why is there so much love for em?
12-29-07, 10:12 PM
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12-29-07, 11:07 PM
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notice the front wheel sitting on the disk. if he is a cat 1, i would imagine he wouldnt be racing on those wheels, they are just for warmup/training.
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