retroboston
Retro Guru
Was wondering if anybody owned a 1990 GT Xizang, or had the parts spec, seat psot size ect?
1990 GT Xizang
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Text from the Xizang-Re-Issue flyer
"History
1989
The initial Xizang was a complete bike model. Its position was
at the very top of the 1989 model year range of the GT All
Terra line. It featured a Tange prestige fillet brazed frame made
in Japan and the revolutionary yet ultimately doomed Browning
automatic transmission. This model, while featured in the 1989
catalog, never made it to production due to the non delivery of
the Browning transmission.
1990
The complete bike was scrapped and development started with
Maurice LaVoie in Canada. La Voie had close ties with Sandvik
tubing. 20 years ago very few Ti frame fabricators existed for the
simple reason that no Titanium mfg made tubesets specifically for
cycling. Existing off the shelf tubing had to be adapted to the use
making sourcing very difficult. LaVoie has experience and ties
with Sandvik enabling him to source the small amount of tubing
needed and to weld them.
1991
Production
The original Xizang came in two different models. The Xizang
LE and the Xizang. The initial production came from a Canadian
frame builder by the name of Maurice LaVoie. The Xizang
was a Titanium main frame with a cro mo steel rear triangle
bolted on. It is the only frame every designed this way. The LE
was full Titanium for the race team only.
Sports Marketing
The LE, famous for its full yellow decal set, was ridden to a silver
medal at the 1991 World Championships by Gerhard Zadrobilek
( one of the very first Red Bull s ponsored athletes in cycling) and
to silver medal by Julie Furtado.
(...)"
"History
1989
The initial Xizang was a complete bike model. Its position was
at the very top of the 1989 model year range of the GT All
Terra line. It featured a Tange prestige fillet brazed frame made
in Japan and the revolutionary yet ultimately doomed Browning
automatic transmission. This model, while featured in the 1989
catalog, never made it to production due to the non delivery of
the Browning transmission.
1990
The complete bike was scrapped and development started with
Maurice LaVoie in Canada. La Voie had close ties with Sandvik
tubing. 20 years ago very few Ti frame fabricators existed for the
simple reason that no Titanium mfg made tubesets specifically for
cycling. Existing off the shelf tubing had to be adapted to the use
making sourcing very difficult. LaVoie has experience and ties
with Sandvik enabling him to source the small amount of tubing
needed and to weld them.
1991
Production
The original Xizang came in two different models. The Xizang
LE and the Xizang. The initial production came from a Canadian
frame builder by the name of Maurice LaVoie. The Xizang
was a Titanium main frame with a cro mo steel rear triangle
bolted on. It is the only frame every designed this way. The LE
was full Titanium for the race team only.
Sports Marketing
The LE, famous for its full yellow decal set, was ridden to a silver
medal at the 1991 World Championships by Gerhard Zadrobilek
( one of the very first Red Bull s ponsored athletes in cycling) and
to silver medal by Julie Furtado.
(...)"
This guy claimes to have a 1990 model but it is a late 91 or 92. Serial no is G..... and seattube diametre 27.4!
http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/1990-gt- ... ad.295481/
http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/1990-gt- ... ad.295481/
Did you manage too but the cracked one on eBay.com think it was 20" frame?
Think it sold for £178 or something like,I contacted the seller and he told me he wouldn't send overseas coz of the size.
Think it sold for £178 or something like,I contacted the seller and he told me he wouldn't send overseas coz of the size.
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this is the second Ti GT recently with a 27.4mm seat tube, some guy was looking for a post for his lightning claiming it was 27.4, which seemed odd... but there you go.
Also, just becasue GT put some dribble in their marketing blurb for the new xizang, doesn't mean it has any facts in it.
With the frame in the link, did they pull someone off the Zaskar weldign line to make that! Those welds are chunky.
Also, just becasue GT put some dribble in their marketing blurb for the new xizang, doesn't mean it has any facts in it.
With the frame in the link, did they pull someone off the Zaskar weldign line to make that! Those welds are chunky.
retroboston
Retro Guru
mtbdave":3coqzqra said:
I did. Planning on sending it to Steve Potts to save it! Not sure about the seat post, and whether it would have come with a shim or insert. Mine has neither, and when I put a 29.4 post in, it was still too lose.
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retroboston
Retro Guru
Re:
Some quick pics, but leads me to believe it is actually a 1990 model, based on the low TTN serial number and decals which are clearly original. Any thoughts on what do about the seat post?
Some quick pics, but leads me to believe it is actually a 1990 model, based on the low TTN serial number and decals which are clearly original. Any thoughts on what do about the seat post?
