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clonerz
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A GT you dont really see
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January 15, 2007, 07:14 PM »
I have just bought this out of storage and gave it a quick spruce up. I t makes me wonder why they are not collected too much, i was looking at it and thought how nice the later GT's really are. OK, so its not a early eighties performer, but judging by the quality of the welds and finish they are made as well, if not better. I just cant understand why they arent really collected by anyone, as they really are very nice bikes. I know there not incredibly valuable, but they really deserve to be collected a lot more than they are .(I even took it for a quick spin, nice!)
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scary_leary
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January 15, 2007, 07:17 PM »
Mid skool is getting more and more collectable.. and these mint bashguard's are gonna be worth some good money.
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oberonspacefruit
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January 15, 2007, 07:22 PM »
trust me, its time will come.
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theRuler
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January 15, 2007, 07:41 PM »
nice bike
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QUADROPHENIA
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January 15, 2007, 07:57 PM »
i been trying to get a decal set for my one of them, keep getting out bid, last set was over $90, have only seen a few of them about
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madall
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January 15, 2007, 08:08 PM »
Yeah the quality is good on those I had one and sold it on the bay for peanuts
, the 80's originals will always be the most collectable but dosent mean they wont be worth a few bob in 100 yrs or so ...
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clonerz
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January 15, 2007, 09:03 PM »
The frame no. on it indicates it being an 89 model, does this sound about right? If so , is it classed as new or mid school? From what im hearing here its classed as mid school, but i want to be sure .
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SaMAlex
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January 15, 2007, 09:56 PM »
I always say that anything with an A-head, 1 1/8th setup is too new to be "Mid", making "mid" to be from the very late 80s to the mid 90s (96/97 was when A-head got going on BMX). Your GT deff aint "new", its early "mid" ... almost late "old", ha ha.
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pickle
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January 16, 2007, 09:02 AM »
My MCS has a 1 1/8th headset and it's dated around 91!
The MCS History page says it came out in 89! but i'm sure A-head wasn't actually out then?? it has no serial number either to help date it though......but the History page on the MCS site says it was only made for a couple of years........as Toya would say, It'sh a mishtory
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harris
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January 16, 2007, 09:06 AM »
my standard lengthy is a 95 with 1 1/8
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SaMAlex
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January 16, 2007, 09:20 AM »
Lets not start the "when did A-head come out" thing again, I meant that it was in about 96/97 that most companies changed over to 1 1/8th "Dia Compe A-head" that MTBs had been using for a while. Some were sooner (I think standard were the first to get production "A-head" frames out) but there were also some companies that did their own "Clamp on" systems before the "Dia Comp A-head" system. The earliest I know of was the Cook Bros design ..... in 1980!!!
http://www.23mag.com/com/cookbros/cookbros.htm
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harris
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January 16, 2007, 09:22 AM »
i will get me coat
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January 16, 2007, 09:23 AM »
In my opinion, they will never be as popular as the early performer's. Even though there's probably less of them left in one piece.
Its just that they are so god damm ugly!
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SaMAlex
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January 16, 2007, 09:32 AM »
Quote from: harris on January 16, 2007, 09:22 AM
i will get me coat
Come on Dan, Im sure you knew about that Cooks Bros Clamp on system .... Youve probably GOT ONE!
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harris
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January 16, 2007, 09:37 AM »
i was playing bro
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theRuler
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January 16, 2007, 10:09 AM »
old 80's and before
mid 90's
mid school is a meaningless phrase anyway. it's all old. some is 80's some is 90's
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