as seen on DylanDeanDesigns
the prototype GT bike
anyone have any info on it?
the prototype GT bike
anyone have any info on it?
Proto GT DH bike...
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Eewps...Cwilly006 said:
Holy sh!t...
I saw a pro at the U.S. Open riding on one... was also working on it in the parking lot a few cars away from me.
I went up to him and asked him what the hell it was. I saw that he was wearing a GT jersey, so I figured it was a GT. He just kind of laughed and said he was "borrowing it" to try out for the weekend.
The one I saw had a somewhat polished frame - can't remember much more though...
I saw a pro at the U.S. Open riding on one... was also working on it in the parking lot a few cars away from me.
I went up to him and asked him what the hell it was. I saw that he was wearing a GT jersey, so I figured it was a GT. He just kind of laughed and said he was "borrowing it" to try out for the weekend.
The one I saw had a somewhat polished frame - can't remember much more though...
definitly I-drive...i thought they woulda given up on itCwilly006 said:
better shot
I think it's dubbed the RUCKUS 7. more of a freeride-ish bike, although Dave Wardell was racing it at Deer Valley.
Dosen't GT have an "Asthetics Dept."?.....Sheeeeez.......Somebody needs a Community College art class or something
I thought that GT had a prototype of bike out that used an internal gear hub mounted into the frame... and it looked cool too. But this sucker is u-g-l-y! I wouldn't ride one!
i like how it has lots of standover.....Cwilly006 said:
stinks like....
looks like it came from the Azonic/Onyx/(insert generic taiwan outsourcer) design bagCwilly006 said:
I'll take their other prototype, the internal gearbox one
That's weird. I saw one of these in Whistler this weekend. I totally saw that circular jammy in the middle and saw the modified i-drive contraption, and said to myself that it looked like a GT prototype. It looked distinctly GT, but I personally think the older i-drive set-up worked well enough. Anyway, didn't have my camera and it was coated with mud so a pic would have been useless. And no, the synapses didn't fire enough to ask the dude what the hell that thing was. So in other words, a totaly worthless post.
the new i drive is easier to work on i hear. you just unscrew the screw in the middle and take off the plate thing using a bb tool
That makes sense. I guess that I'm just used to the older method on my XCR.
two guys I work with have been riding ID5s for about 7 weeks now, and both have developed severe play in the main pivot, floppy like a cock in a sock.
Cant say I was overly impressed, the solution is to shim the pivot out.
Not cool.
Cant say I was overly impressed, the solution is to shim the pivot out.
Not cool.
Man, someone move that bike, it is blocking my veiw of the DHR
That thing would go so well with a fox 40, what a butt ugly color
The Fox 40 is the same ugly color.Cave Dweller said:
That thing would go so well with a fox 40, what a butt ugly color
Banga said:
With the old method, I would tighten the i-drive pivot ring. Maybe with the newer method, tighten the bearing cups? Either way, your buddy should do it sooner rather then later because you can blow the ball bearings real easy riding through mucky grit.
This month's issue of Decline has a review of the new GT IT1 frame. I must admit, I really like that frame...
That's the new ruckus..not DHI.
Also it's a preprod color ;-)
Could show you pic, but I would be killed :-D
Don't know if I like it though. BUT they have certainly beefed up the dogbone!
Also it's a preprod color ;-)
Could show you pic, but I would be killed :-D
Don't know if I like it though. BUT they have certainly beefed up the dogbone!
its a totally different desgin now, there are no bearing cups as such, they run internal headset sealed bearings in the pivots.bc2002 said:
I'd ride it...