2009 GT Gutterball
10-01-08 | 10:21 PM
#33
Ths Hipstr Kills Masheenz
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,542
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From: seattle
Bikes: tirove
plus they have a HILARIOUS ad campaign.
https://www.gtcatchandrelease.com/
https://www.gtcatchandrelease.com/
10-02-08 | 06:40 AM
#34
bum style
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 664
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From: CT
Bikes: Poprad, Fuji conversion, Quattro Assi
Ridiculous. It's called marketing, and every bike manufacturer does it. Unless you go NJS or something, all these $600ish FG bikes are basically toys. The component spec is not for any kind of 'performance' advantage. The designers know they're never going to see the track. What's the problem?
10-04-08 | 03:32 AM
#36
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 17
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From: Socal
The top tube pierces the seat tube on Pulses and GTB's. I was at Interbike, the reps said that design is cost prohibitive now. Also the guy who designed the Pulse was there. He said that he designed the Gutterball too. I walked away thinking...I am glad I have a Pulse.
10-04-08 | 06:50 AM
#38
The top tube pierces the seat tube on Pulses and GTB's. I was at Interbike, the reps said that design is cost prohibitive now. Also the guy who designed the Pulse was there. He said that he designed the Gutterball too. I walked away thinking...I am glad I have a Pulse.
There were also three different iterations of the design, if I recall.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
03-06-09 | 09:36 PM
#44
Newbie
Joined: Mar 2009
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I've recently bought the GTB 09 and returned the Pista 09 'cuz i think the GT actually felt better on the ride. Yes, I know its aluminum and Taiwanese, but, the Pista just sucks (poorly crafted for 08/09) and the price went from $600 ('08) to $749('09).
As for the parts.... it's an entry level track bike built for the masses. You get what you pay for.
Either way, the GTB is now my back-up bad weather bike...... my $0.02.
Your better choice is the Surly Steamroller!
As for the parts.... it's an entry level track bike built for the masses. You get what you pay for.
Either way, the GTB is now my back-up bad weather bike...... my $0.02.
Your better choice is the Surly Steamroller!
