Xizang Vs Lightening

LQQK · Mar 5, 2006

I have a GT Xizang, that has no decals (got it NOS - funny storey how I got it), and it looks the same as GT Lightening cchris2lou pointed out;

http://www.velovert.com/annonces/detail ... eid=196112

So how would a potential buyer be able to tell the difference between a bare Xizang and a Lightening frame?

P20 · Mar 5, 2006

I'm fairly sure all of the Xizangs were polished. The lightening was the flat matt colour. The xizang was light and the lightening weighed a fair bit from memory.

john · Mar 6, 2006

Think the xizang was US made, lighter and generally better quality. The lightning was made elsewhere (taiwan? china?) of lower quality materials.

cchris2lou · Mar 6, 2006

I think John is right , difference of quality and provenance . The xizang was used by the team to race .

scant · Mar 6, 2006

xizange was built by sandvik, weighed 3.2lb for an 18in. tho to be honest if you properly polished the lightning & got replacement decals few people would be able to tell the difference

I rode a mates xizange for 6months & despite being a tad back end flexy was a nice bike

retrobikeguy · Mar 6, 2006

if you properly polished the lightning & got replacement decals few people would be able to tell the difference

Which I'm sure happens a lot on ebay, you do seem to see a lot of xizangs with a matt finish :?

tangent · Mar 6, 2006

pronucation & fabrication

Anyone care to provide a phonetic version of the name?

I know some who rides one, and always refers to as the 'shiz-zang', and we always ask about the 'zi-zang'

The early ones had steel rear end bottled on the front, or was that a different / cheaper model?

john · Mar 6, 2006

Worked for the UK importers for a bit - always refereed to them as "shi-zangs". Not to say it's right though

Think you're right that the early models had steel back ends.

scant · Mar 6, 2006

the ti front, bolt on steel back-ends are waay rarer..

gump · Mar 7, 2006

was gonna ask the same thing about pronunciation (sp?)

-we always called them " she-zang ", though other obvious hethens called them " Zi-Zang "

Never sure what was right. But we were better riders :?

Xizang Vs Lightening

LQQK

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P20

john

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cchris2lou

scant

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retrobikeguy

tangent

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john

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scant

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