Help - GT experts - 199X Talera

[markoc]

Appealing to the RB GT hive-mind.

I'm trying to get hold of a Talera frame to put on the garage wall. It was the first bike I bought with my own money in/around 1994 ish.

I've been looking for the year in the catalogue section, but can't nail it down. It had a funky blue paint (kind of abstract stripy/zebra in dark and light blue) with Alivio kit. I remember the top tube flattened and fattened towards the seatpost (and it was feckin huge as apparently I was going to grow into it). "Groove Tube" cable routing and a steel fork.

Any help/pics people have would be helpful in narrowing it down - I can't start trying to find it if I don't know what it is

 

[Suprachrgd82]

Most likely a 1991 model.

 

[Spankyfart]

Probably the GT Talera 1993 in blue marble.
It's in the 93 catalogue on the site.

 

[markoc]

Thanks both - it was definitely alivio though, and I'm not sure it was that paintjob.

Really weird as I can't find pic of the paintjob

 

[markoc]

GT talera 1994

Couldn’t resist buying this bike. Intrigued by the frame. The gear selectors don’t work. I’m hoping a degrease may solve it, does anyone have any advice in shimano alivio 7 speed shifters?

www.retrobike.co.uk

This but blue...

 

[Gtpulse]

GT talera 1994

Couldn’t resist buying this bike. Intrigued by the frame. The gear selectors don’t work. I’m hoping a degrease may solve it, does anyone have any advice in shimano alivio 7 speed shifters?

www.retrobike.co.uk

This but blue...

I know which one you mean. I’ve seen one recently. Just need to work out where I filed that memory!

 

[Spankyfart]

IIRC Alivio first release was '93 so there is atleast a reference.

 

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