Comments on: New GT Peace 29er Pictures

By: 29er single speed ebb

29er single speed ebb — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:42:26 +0000

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By: Thylacine

Thylacine — Mon, 08 May 2006 01:07:57 +0000

Nice work Guitar Ted!

Looks like Pacific did move GT downmarket and I hope the comments are because of their move away from supporting the LBS in their efforts to go downmarket and not because of the bikes themselves. I say this because seriously, there isn’t much that seperates off-the-shelf bikes (look at the current crop of recently introduced mainstream 29ers) and I wouldn’t be that suprised if that GT was welded by one of the smaller American shops anyway.

Personally, I think the latest iDrive design is pretty good, so it’s not like GT has a repuation for designing crap bikes. In fact, it was likely their overzealous R&D that got them into trouble in the first place.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sun, 07 May 2006 11:27:10 +0000

Okay guys, I thought I’d jump in here to give you all a little different perspective on this GT/ Walmart/ low quality debate going on here. (This is a 29″er board, after all)

When GT was purchased by Pacific Cycles, ( purveyors of your infamous “department store” rigs) the Independant Bicycle Dealers, or IBD’s for short, dumped the brand like hot potatoes. Selling the brand beyond this point was seen as putting money in the pockets of a company that was selling most of it’s output in the department store down the street from them. In other words: it was like sleeping with the enemy. So, IBD’s, for the most part, do not feel good about carrying GT, Schwinn, or Mongoose bikes, (all of which have fine IBD worthy bikes in their lines) Some IBD’s do carry these brands, but they are the exception, not the norm.

When it comes to GT bikes the “hate” comes from association, not that GT’s are bad bikes in and of themselves. I think this might account for why we are seeing a bit of “backlash” against the GT Peace 29″er here.

See! I knew I could get this back on track again!

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 07 May 2006 07:53:42 +0000

Here are your signs of integrity and quality. The new GT Zaskar frames are hydroformed made out of kinesis superlight double butted custom tubset with machined headtube and intergrated headset. It doesn’t get more quality than that. Mentioning walmart is irrelevant when no GT’s are sold their, and is not fair to bash on a company on just mere assumptions.

By: monk3y mike

monk3y mike — Sun, 07 May 2006 06:15:33 +0000

More for your money is not a sign of integrity or quality… look at Wal-Mart there big boy. And yes, I run my 29ers on White Brothers forks, Pace forks, Hadley hubs, and custom Curtlo frames. You get what you pay for: so goes the consumerist fate of this country.

’nuff said

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:48:21 +0000

You can’t get another bike with the same components cheaper in price than a GT, the way I see it is that you are getting more for your money. And if you think the new XT components and the Fox fr forks on the GT I-drive 4 are low end parts, you must be riding your bike on Ferrari parts.

By: monk3y mike

monk3y mike — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:51:12 +0000

Hmmmm, that must be why you see GTs at supercheap prices all over ebay with low-end parts mixes. They have lost credibility unilaterally in the bike community.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 05 May 2006 05:08:10 +0000

Anyone that knocks GT has rocks in their head. And GT’s are sold at IBD’s not walmart.

By: monk3y mike

monk3y mike — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:39:25 +0000

Agreed. I used to be proud of my Zaskar and my Avalanches, but now I wouldn’t look at GT at all. Too bad, because their older frames (remember the Xizang?) where in a league of their own and excellent performers.

By: Gerb

Gerb — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:17:51 +0000

The GT buyout and sellout really sux. I own two of their old high end bikes and love them. However, these days someone will tell me “I saw one just like it at Wallmart”. Kinda rains on my parade. I worked for years to buy these bikes. Now they are mass produced and a mom can buy one for their kid while they are grocery shopping.

Gerb