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The 99th GT mountainbike?

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gben

Finally riding a big boys bike
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My seventy-something neighbor gave me this old GT that was hanging in his garage because it's tall frame fit me well. I was wondering what year it was so I looked at the number on the bottom-bracket and it says T8711 and 0099.

The history of GT bicycles I found in a few places on the web says that " In November of 1987 GT showed its first line of 5 mountain bikes at the young Interbike Show in Reno, Nevada."

Okay, I just found another "history" that says they started mountainbikes in 1984, but they also sold 26" bmx bikes. So I guess more research is needed for sure......

Anyway the price was right!



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I got some of the old-man stuff off it today and went for a nice ride:

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One of my college roommates had a timberline about that same size I think in 1992/93 that he bought new a few years earlier. He weighed about 245 pounds, there some tuff bikes, He was a bigger guy, and would wipe out often (It seemed like it happened at least once every trip). I don't remember the bike ever taking on any damage despite the abuse it received. I take that back, he did bend the saddle rails pretty badly off a jump once but that was it.

He's probably the only guy I knew who would flip over the handle bars more than I would. Many years later he replaced it with a Cove Stiffee that I later acquired.
 
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He was a bigger guy, and would wipe out often .

A taller bike and a taller rider hit the ground harder. I am hoping to keep that to a minimum in the future since I am a senior citizen. I paid enough dues.....
 
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