GT Distortion
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I am running right around 30% sag. It sounds like a lot but the big is fairly progressive so it resists bottoming out really well. The other guys from the shop are running the same amount as well.
I am too tired to do the math on how many mm's it is though ha ha
I am too tired to do the math on how many mm's it is though ha ha
I dunno! I have been scouring ebay for them, and pinkbike, and nothing!
Best thing to do is maybe find one and see if the shop will strip it down.
Paging CB...
Best thing to do is maybe find one and see if the shop will strip it down.
Paging CB...
They are way hard to get and the two the local shop got for me and him took a lot of effort. They could probably track down another one but it would probably require down payment and such. Just to show that someone was serious and ready to buy. Shipping it to canada would be a bit of a pain but throwing enough money at something always creates opportunities ha ha
i have been trying different air pressures on the fox rp23 which came with the distortion, and i found out what works for me is to put the equivalent of my weight in pounds. i measured the sag and it is about 30% at propedal 3.
I didn't run any propedal at all. The bike climbs like a mountain goat as is. I was actually shocked about how well it accelerates while standing and mashing on the pedals.
How do you like the bike so far?
How do you like the bike so far?
This bike does climb very well, I have a single 36t chainring up front and do 1,000'+ climbs on it no problem.
Won a Distortion 3 on ebay and the bastard tried to sub in some XC bike instead. PISSED.
Now I just found out that GT has signed on with Forzani in Canada, which is like Ferrari signing on with Ringling Brothers clowns for representation. Sigh.
I will get one of these goddam bikes somehow...
Now I just found out that GT has signed on with Forzani in Canada, which is like Ferrari signing on with Ringling Brothers clowns for representation. Sigh.
I will get one of these goddam bikes somehow...
wtf happened with that?
The creaking comes from dirty pivots, the I-Drive system is so easy to pull apart and rebuild. When it creaks pull it apart and just clean it all, doesnt take long and the bearings are easy to replace. They are your normal sealed 45* headset bearings. Keep it clean and your bike will be nice and quiet, Ive only took mine apart once in the past 10 months which is not bad considering how many miles I have on it.
Dennis
Will they do frames or they'll swing completes only?
Great. I guess that's to be expected when a big marketing firm like Dorel owns a bike brand. I'm shocked they haven't tried to do the same with Cannondale in Canada yet...
So that means GT will be available in Source for Sports, Sportcheks...
Who knows. All i know is they are HORRIBLE. We did a deal with them one year with Iron Horse (exclusive in Canada to SportChek) and they didn't understand why I was freaking out when I went into the biggest store and they put all the manitou forks on BACKWARDS. I asked random sales people the easiest questions I could, and they all failed miserably.
I just guarantees that you'll pretty much only see low-lowmid price bikes, and anything more than that was bought by cool dad who wants to go MOUNTAIN BICYCLING cause he saw it on TV.
Its a shame, cause I think this is really a swing year for GT. Their lineup is awesome.
Oh for eBay, I won the auction, told the guy I was transferring funds from my bank account to paypal. Told him it would take afew days, as I am in Canada. Told him this 1 HOUR after the auction ended. 48 hours later he told me I took to long to pay, he sold the bike in store (after telling me it was in his warehouse and not providing pics) and then tried to sub in a Sensor 3.
Stand up dood all around.
I WILL get one of those goddam bikes somehow.
I just guarantees that you'll pretty much only see low-lowmid price bikes, and anything more than that was bought by cool dad who wants to go MOUNTAIN BICYCLING cause he saw it on TV.
Its a shame, cause I think this is really a swing year for GT. Their lineup is awesome.
Oh for eBay, I won the auction, told the guy I was transferring funds from my bank account to paypal. Told him it would take afew days, as I am in Canada. Told him this 1 HOUR after the auction ended. 48 hours later he told me I took to long to pay, he sold the bike in store (after telling me it was in his warehouse and not providing pics) and then tried to sub in a Sensor 3.
Stand up dood all around.
I WILL get one of those goddam bikes somehow.
Hey you have lions and tigers, we have Distortions. Id kill for a Tiger....Wanna trade?
Still in love with mine. I keep trying to think of other bikes that could be used similarly but cant come up with any. Having a slack slopestyle bike mixed with an XC bike is just too fun.
I hate you.
Wow, the stand over on that bike looks looooooow.
I'm with you. I had an old GT Dhi with the rotating I-drive and loved it. THen i had a newer style 5" travel GT. NOw i'm back on a 2006 DHI. I've always been happy with those bikes.
It pedals better then any bike I have owned but I have never owned a full blown XC bike. I have however had a Blur lt2 and Nomad and this pedals a lot better. It sprints like a hardtail and climbs some pretty techy stuff well. The only thing that would hinder it in the XC department is weight. Mine came in at 31.5 lbs but thats with a lowered lyrik, 750-850 gram tires, 1800 gram wheelset, height adjust seatpost, and various other stronger parts. you could easily get it in the 29lb range with a conservative build.
but....
if you go really light for XC it would make it worse for DH. Also, I would not call it a DH shredder when it comes to nasty, rocky, rooty trails. It could hold its own on flowy, pedally DH trails but with the minimal travel, when the trail gets nasty it takes a fair bit of energy to keep in control. Its plenty stable with it being so slack but it is a fairly harsh ride through the rocks. I have taken it down some nasty trails that require an XC approach but when it comes to resorts or shuttles I would grab my DH bike everytime.
I think its the perfect DHers XC/AM/FR bike. It pretty much covers everything the DH bike doesn't as long as your legs can handle a fair bit more abuse when comparing it to a 6" travel AM bike.
Again though, like I mentioned in pretty much all of my posts, I can't remember grinning so much during rides as I do on this bike and I have owned a ton of bikes over the last 5 years.
Sigh. And back to scouring eBay I go....
you still thinking about getting that EVIL AM/Trail bike you have been raving about?
Yeah! Its getting painted now, and should be here in two weeks.
this is my 2011 Distortion one.
got a sweet deal ,same price as the 2012 2.0 and a much sweeter spec I reckon.
1x10 with an mrp mini g2sl
to be honest im not a fan of the fork and that will get changed out eventually.
got a sweet deal ,same price as the 2012 2.0 and a much sweeter spec I reckon.
1x10 with an mrp mini g2sl
to be honest im not a fan of the fork and that will get changed out eventually.
Friendly tip.... you don't want the clamp touching the red retainer ring on your seat post. They are easily damaged.
are those bombers?
The bb height is lower then gt said. Mine was around 13" even. I haven't had any issues clipping pedals on even the rockiest of trails. You don't get pedal bob at all and with such little travel and sag your BB height is changing that much as you are riding so even though its 13" high it doesn't drop a whole lot like other long travel bikes would.
I do like low BB heights though. My DH bike has 8.3" travel and a 13.5" bb height
If you do get one I would highly recommend upgrading to the RP23 kashima. It is a pretty awesome upgrade and makes the travel feel bottomless (well as much as 4.5" can feel) and smooth.
Until I get my own Distortion, I wish you all nothing but lazy legs and space herpes.
I don't have any scales so not sure what it weighs and haven't measured the bb.
I have it with the stock minions and it's pretty damn light. I can climb everything so far with the 1x10 setup .
Feels super nimble. Still playing with air pressures . Just gone from a fairly stiff setup to a soft one to see how it goes.
I am thinking of some 44 ti marzos for it.
And yes it's a medium and I'm 5 11
I have it with the stock minions and it's pretty damn light. I can climb everything so far with the 1x10 setup .
Feels super nimble. Still playing with air pressures . Just gone from a fairly stiff setup to a soft one to see how it goes.
I am thinking of some 44 ti marzos for it.
And yes it's a medium and I'm 5 11
not a distortion but so close its not funny.
super fun trail ripper
super fun trail ripper
Is that a sensor frame?
I need to take my distortion down to the shop and get a pic with all three of our distortions all together... Just to rub it in a little for dropmachine.com... ha ha. He can't seem to find one and we have 3 ha ha.
Sadly no videos of mine but i'll see if I can dig up some pics from my initial ride.
Sadly no videos of mine but i'll see if I can dig up some pics from my initial ride.
Ok, found them. Not the best quality or my best riding but they will do. This was my first day on the bike trying it out at the local dirt jumps
First, the warm up jump
Next, a blurry picture of a drop
And a step up shot. Its kind of hard to tell where I took off from. The lip is in the sun, not what looks like a smaller lip in the shadows (used to be an easier exit out of the gully but hasn't been maintained so its unrideable)
First, the warm up jump
Next, a blurry picture of a drop
And a step up shot. Its kind of hard to tell where I took off from. The lip is in the sun, not what looks like a smaller lip in the shadows (used to be an easier exit out of the gully but hasn't been maintained so its unrideable)
give the man a banana
took a Distortion out on demo and loved the ride but there were a few things i wan't happy with as i was after something a bit more xc as i also have a sanction. and then a force frame and shock came along at a great price. didn't like the stock head angle and short shocking it seemed to be a easy way to get the HA i wanted.
well you can't so get over it and go order a bandit, i know a guy.