Any tell tale signs this is a true team RTS?

[Spudalumps]

GT Team RTS Retro Full Suspension Mountain Bike Hope Fox Noleen Mavic SLX XT | eBay

Mavic 317 Rims. GT Team RTS Retro Full Suspension Mountain Bike Hope Fox. This was built as the ultimate short travel retro MTB about 15 years ago. - Hope Hydraulic Disk Brakes. - Hope Hubs. It hasn't been used for a probably 10 years, but astonishingly still rides well!

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[Once A Hero]

And what size is it?
Feels like the longer than period correct travel fork is making it look like a smaller frame than it may actually be.

 

[ishaw]

Flat end cap on top tube and rear shock are good signs. If you can get a serial number, it should be in the same format as a zaskar one. Looks legit to me.

 

[markoc]

If you get it, and decide to keep the disc conversion then I'd be more than interested in buying the brake rocker as it looks like it is still there.

 

[legrandefromage]

If it smells like early 90's Lynx Oriental then it just might be

 

[Spudalumps]

Cheers for all the help, going to take a punt will possibly restore to factory and chuck the disc on another bike

 

[Spudalumps]

Flat end cap on top tube and rear shock are good signs. If you can get a serial number, it should be in the same format as a zaskar one. Looks legit to me.

Are they particularly rare? Any ideas what I should budget for?

 

[Gtpulse]

I may be wrong and I know it’s something that could be added but I’m sure GT Team bikes had the Mavic Equipped decal somewhere on them, which this has on the chain stay.

 

[legrandefromage]

the mavic decals came later

I owned a team for 5 minutes in 1993 -ish

 

[markoc]

I've been looking into this to date my recent purchase (which is a low rent 3) - the Mavic decal was on the driveside chainstay.

Rocker rather than roller makes it 94+ I think. Piggyback shock is consistent with RTS1/Team but the difference between RTS1 and Team was just finishing kit. Both had the 6061-T6 F&R sections of the frame. Given the only original thing there looks to be the frame/shock I'd say it doesn't really matter...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/103120-2/GT1994.pdf

From memory the later ones were 16/18/20 inch. The RTS3 I've just got must be a 16 as it looks tiny - so check size per @Once A Hero post.