GT Karakoram

benjabbi

Bontrager Fan
98/99 GT Karakoram. Full XT M739, Bomber Z2. My new commuter, if anyone knows the exact year I would appreciate it, the frame is the same as the 98 catalogue in the archive, apart from the colour scheme which is black or red in the catalogue. DSC_1070_copy_4531x2556.webp DSC_1069_copy_2794x2555.webp DSC_1068_copy_3239x2496.webp DSC_1067_copy_3495x2476.webp DSC_1066_copy_3549x2132.webp
 
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Nice commuter bike!
Didn't realise the Karakoram was still produced then, i only seem to see earlier bikes.
 
Thanks jimo. I'm very happy with this one it fits well and rides really nicely. I was surprised it was so late 90's, steel had sort of fallen out of favour for mid range bikes by then, or so I thought.
 
I stole all of the components off of this for my Zaskar, delving around the garage I realised all I needed to rebuild it was a seatpost and to swap some rims around. Kalloy post ordered, wheels rebuilt, quite a bit of cleaning and it's back. DSC_1304.webp DSC_1305.webp DSC_1306.webp DSC_1307.webp DSC_1308.webp
 
Thanks Paul 👍 I think these Manitous are underrated, they're really smooth and the damper adjustments actually do something, they were silly cheap as well! 😁
 
@velofrog probably did look best rigid. I very rarely rode it to be honest, just played with the build, so have just sold the frame and rigid fork on ebay. Need to fund the next round of Bonty improvements!
 

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