1996 GT LTS Thermoplastic

[daj]

Hmmm... tough choice. Purists will say Rock Shox but on performance Fox or Bombers for sure.

That is exactly where I am with both bikes , Yes I would like stay true period but also I ride them at trail centres etc , My other thoughts were to maybe keep the plastic period-ish as will prob be ridden lighter and update the other one for trail centre stuff? :?

 

[coomber]

Hmmm... tough choice. Purists will say Rock Shox but on performance Fox or Bombers for sure.

That is exactly where I am with both bikes , Yes I would like stay true period but also I ride them at trail centres etc , My other thoughts were to maybe keep the plastic period-ish as will prob be ridden lighter and update the other one for trail centre stuff? :?

See you dilema, but if you do that (keep one for trails and one off) then personally I would then end up underusing one and underappreciating the lighter plastic.

Its a hard choice. Glad I dont have this with my saracen sahara

 

[mikee]

are those bomber 2000's?
if so heres my 97 lts with bomber 2000's fitted
an almost perfect fork for it

 

[passiflora]

Daj that is a beautiful,beautiful frame, looks almost new.

As it is full suspension Black and silver I would be brave and fit the FOX.

Think they will suit it, if not the bombers are perfect too.

I currently have Fox fitted to my 1995 S-Works Team FSR.

 

[Khane]

are those bomber 2000's?
if so heres my 97 lts with bomber 2000's fitted
an almost perfect fork for it

that the one i sold you ?

 

[Woodruff]

That is going to be lovely.

I remember very well being in Recycle and looking at one of those (who knows, it might be the same one) and saying to Vince that it looked fantastic but I would never buy one as I would be too scared I would break or damage it! To see one in that condition 15 years later is brilliant

IIRC I went for a Turner XC with Judy's which would look great on it but I think the grey and blue of a pair of modern Fox's would look even better.

 

[mikee]

are those bomber 2000's?
if so heres my 97 lts with bomber 2000's fitted
an almost perfect fork for it

that the one i sold you ?

yup

 

[Khane]

not bad that mikee

 

[daj]

are those bomber 2000's?
if so heres my 97 lts with bomber 2000's fitted
an almost perfect fork for it

that the one i sold you ?

yup

They don't look like Bombers to me?

 

[theredchili]

This people is beyond my dream bike, When I was young I used to peep through them Cheltenham bike shop windows gazing at the ball burnished LTS bikes and Zaskars dreaming of even touching one never mind owning one. Then when the plastic version appeared i only dribbled on my well thumbed magazine pages

So fast forward (ahem ) a few years and my obsession with GT and I have finally got my hands on a plastic one!! , Its a early LTS nana model rather than a STS. The bike had a pretty easy life but was not clean I dont think since built in 1996!! :shock:

The history as I have been told ,The frame come from Recycle (Croydon bike shop in 90`s , remember it?) this was a insurance payout (2nd) from Marin to cover the chaps Marin FRS which had cracked again. They actually told him its a design fault and wouldnt cover the cost again so paid him his full money back and gave him a Indian Fire trail frame and told him to swap all the bits over. Not a bad deal really i thought so wanting a full suss frame he went and brought this one. Apparently as they always are it was a "team" frame used by british rider?

So here we are currently, I have stripped back to the frame (literately) grime like I have never EVER seen before and it now sits waiting to be built again. All the bushes are nice and tight with no play (now clean too) and a Risse rear shock ready to go.

Get it built soon matey and we can take it out and give it a good blast around the woods

looking forward to the build