Comments on: Is This the End for GT Bicycles? https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/ All the best cycling news, tech, rumors and reviews Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Zach Overholt https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531506 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:41:00 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531506 In reply to B Barber.

I just heard from Hans. He still has a contract with GT, but he is unsure of what the future holds.

]]> By: Ashok Captain https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531494 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:34:33 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531494 In reply to B Barber.

Best me to it! Hans ‘No Way’ Rey is da MAN.
I remember drooling over GT Zanskar bikes in dem ol’ cycling magazines
Deep sigh….

]]> By: Angel henderson https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531493 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:49:39 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531493 It saddens me to hear they may shut down my son has been riding bikes since he was little and has a lot of GT bikes hopefully they can make it through this

]]> By: Julie https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531488 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:30:13 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531488 I worked for GT from 1983 to 1984 with Gary Turner and Richard Long. It was a great company to work for.

]]> By: pedalpusherpaul https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531485 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:28:54 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531485 I’m truly sorry to learn of GT’s demise. I own and cherish six custom GT (BMX & Road); seven if I count my Robinson. I’ve been on a GT bike since 1989. I’ll never part with them as all but one are American-made. I must say, as a member of the cycling industry, I’m not surprised. My hat goes off to the employees past and present of this iconic brand.

]]> By: bagni https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531484 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:55:55 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531484 this is a sad story. me love the gt brand…they changed the bike industry a few times with their products and antics. :: )) me got some skin in the game….those old gt ads from the 90s…that was us. was fun working on it :: ))

]]> By: Billyshoo https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531474 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:34:21 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531474 In reply to Exodux.

Richard had better taste than that:
according to Wikipedia, he was on a Honda Valkyrie (an awesome bike – my brother has owned one since around that time).

]]> By: Ron Frazelle https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531473 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:26:35 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531473 In reply to Scott.

I agree.

]]> By: nooner https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531469 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:44:29 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531469 In reply to Brett.

The current GT DH rig is awesome too, ask Danny Hart. Hey, can we get a welfare check on Hans Rey?

]]> By: Scott https://bikerumor.com/gt-bicycles-pausing-brand-shutting-down/#comment-3531468 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:38:33 +0000 https://bikerumor.com/?p=374598#comment-3531468 In reply to Ron Frazelle.

On the 2019-2023 era ally Sensors, the hydroformed aluminum frames are works of art. (I have one). The newest alloy releases were clearly value engineered …..the writing was already on the wall…..

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