My GT STS Lobo DH build

[dq13]

Hi there, I see a lot of poeple posting their builds here, and although I see a couple of Lobo builds, I thought I would share mine too as there are no two alike...

It all started about 14 years ago (or somewhere around there) when a friend of mines bought the STS when it came out, I rode it for about two minutes and fell in love with the design, how it rides, colors and everything else.
Now I'm all grown up and I've been after a Lobo for a while but they are hard to come across, specially in Miami where there almost no downhill bikes. I did find a GT STS-1 so I bought it and felt like I travel in time to back then when I tried it for the first time...

A few months later, I found an STS Lobo frame on ebay and couldn't resist, and decided to get it and take the bitching from the wife
My original idea was to sell the STS-1 and put all the parts into the lobo, but I came across this site and decided to keep both as you all say KEEP THEM! LOL

So it started with the frame

Then I got the fork and wheels... I decided to go modern as the original parts are way to hard to find and I want to see this baby riding already

Then I installed the drive train that I had from my hard tail when I turned it into single speed. Polished XTR M960, SRAM X9 rear derailleur, X-7 shifters

A few days later I got miscelanious parts from ebay, Avid Elixir brakeset, ESI chunky grips, Kore handle bar

And today I installed the red carbon stem spacers, tubes and tires.... And VOILA! (I still have to cut the seat tube, I know)

So there you go, now I have the STS, the Lobo and an LTS-DH on the way

Ride safe everybody...

Q.

 

[Mofofo]

Love...

I also want a thermo STS to complete my collection...

 

[Whatleymeister]

Cool bike buddy, but, how f'ing tall are you!? :shock:
That seat is waaaaay up in the Gods!!

 

[dyna-ti]

The tops

 

[boxxer]

Should be a rs Boxxer in there, no place for Marz on a gt

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Looks the business!!

Don't go cutting the post, what Ida is it?
I need a longer one

G

 

[dq13]

Seat post is uncut and really long. I gotta take care of that

I know the bomber doesn't belong to it, but it will be there until I find an older boxer.

 

[dq13]

Ok, so after the replies I got on this build, I realized that I needed a different fork. I looked for the monster T but they are way too expensive to have the bike hanging in the garage (there are no mountains in Miami, so I will probabbly never use this bike)... After some looking around thru the web, I found an older boxxer, it is not the original, but looks better than the Bomber.

And I made a logo for it

And my GT collection

 

[Mofofo]

It's the first time I see a Lobo with front mech !?!

Nice, but you must absolutely cut your seat post !!!

 

[Bikemoto]

Re:

I'll buy! Lol