karakoram elite

My Karakoram Elite is the bike that got me back into biking, having not ridden one since the age of 15. It's also the bike that led me to Retrobike, so quite clearly the most expensive bike I will ever buy. However, since the day I decided the paint was too tatty to keep (which was easier to...

My Karakoram was my first retro bike when I bought it a few years ago. It was well used and a mixture of original and replacement parts. I got it for a bargain £30-£40 on eBay. I rode it as it was for 18 months, but once I had decided it was very much a bike I liked I started collecting up...

First ride out on my recently aquired GT Karakoram Elite. This was my first proper mountain bike back in early 1992. I remember that I'd just spent the day fitting some new XT thumbshifters and generally fettling to perfection, then the very next night, before I'd even ridden with the thumbies...