My GT Xizang LE

[mh1000]

V-nice. Looks like it has been well looked after as well

how do you pronounce Xizang??

 

[scant]

V-nice. Looks like it has been well looked after as well

how do you pronounce Xizang??

long story cut short. my mate Al wanted 1. we did a east coast canada road trip in 98 (also mt. st.anne world champs) & asked for a Xizang 2nd hand or whatever in every bikeshop we went in (& we went in a lot!).
1 shop reckoned it should be pronounced sh-zang, another ying-yang, another zi-ang... to this day I dont know if any of them were serious or taking the mick I;ve always heard it called zi-ang.

 

[shaggy]

MBA sounds interesting- I never saw it!

thanks for the tip- I'll get some pads!

Pronunciation

 

[mh1000]

aha... thanks. i can well believe it depends who you ask

i had heard it pronounced zi-jang, i travelled through China last year and everwhere begining with a X- is pronounced Sh- so i wondered if it had a cool Mandarin/Cantonese meaning maybe?

I guess it doesnt really matter... just say tasty titanium GT and everyone will know

 

[mh1000]

blimey.... just typed it into Wikipedia, its a Chinese name for Tibet apparently, and centre of the Buddhist world.

(heading wildly off topic...sorry)

 

[LTS Biker]

http://www.answers.com/topic/xizang
Hahah, that is funny, there you can actually hear how you pronounce it, but how funny it is..... I still want one!!

 

[Agency_Scum]

My Bontrager's called " Keith. "

 

[yo-eddy]

Lovely bike!!
100% my style
Simple, clean and sturdy
a friend of mine still has one, he actually rode it to Tibet in 1999 :!:
He build it bullet proof (13kg Titanium bike!!) and it never failed him.
Maybe find some pics later....

 

[stevet1]

I like that a lot.