Xizang - why the name?

[d8mok]

How is it pronounced as a matter of interest?

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[Imlach]

Just a guess but it was probably to show solidarity with Tibet following the Tiananmen Square Massacre in1989. I know we are all supposed to pretend that the CCP doesn't commit human rights atrocities against Tibetans and Uyghurs but it wasn't always that way. At one time good people stood up against evil governments.

How did we get from a model name they chose because it was real cool man and the fact that it had a mountainous connotation to it, unto massacres and standing up against the evil governments. I love this place.

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[CassidyAce]

From GT's 1989 catalogue: 'In ancient tongues, Xizang was the name of the mysterious mountain region known today as Tibet. Regarded as the top of the world, its majesty was the inspiration for our finest competition model, the Xizang.' In other words, it was a bike to be associated with mystery, majesty and the top of the world.

I found that in a dark backwater of the internet, called 'Retrobike': https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-xizang-1989-fillet-brazed-steel.333541/ (second image down).

 

[Imlach]

From GT's 1989 catalogue: 'In ancient tongues, Xizang was the name of the mysterious mountain region known today as Tibet. Regarded as the top of the world, its majesty was the inspiration for our finest competition model, the Xizang.' In other words, it was a bike to be associated with mystery, majesty and the top of the world.

I found that in a dark backwater of the internet, called 'Retrobike': https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-xizang-1989-fillet-brazed-steel.333541/ (second image down).

I daren't venture there. Thank you for delving into the bowels of depravity that is Retrobike, so we don't have to.

 

[T'boo Ted]

Yeah, as noted, Xizang is the region in tibet that holds the Zaskar, or nowdays called Zanskar mountain range that Everest and K2 are located in, and Karakorum is the name of the Pass road that runs through them/it.
We have already had a whole thread on this, the challenge if you accept it...see if you can find it.

 

[scant]

I loaned a friends xizang winter/spring of 98/99. i never knew if i was pronouncing it correctly either...

 

[Imlach]

I loaned a friends xizang winter/spring of 98/99. i never knew if i was pronouncing it correctly either...

Did they ever return it?

 

[sminchnz]

Did they ever return it?

His mate annexed it and it’s now called the Xizang Autonomous Bike.

 

[CassidyAce]

Yeah, as noted, Xizang is the region in tibet that holds the Zaskar, or nowdays called Zanskar mountain range that Everest and K2 are located in, and Karakorum is the name of the Pass road that runs through them/it.
We have already had a whole thread on this, the challenge if you accept it...see if you can find it.

The world is waiting. (No, I couldn't find the thread.)