1991 GT Bicycles
We Hit 1991 and see the introduction of some of History’s most sought after ABT’s and the crowned King of Hardtail. With the introduction of the GT Zaskar. GT Bicycles first Aluminium Frame offered to the market and the new fillet brazed GT Cyclone.
We also see the introduction of GT’s New Triple Trak Plus Steering System. This revolutionary steering system allowed the rider to customise the performance of their Mountain Bike to suit the different tracks and riding conditions.
As GT continues to lead the way with custom paint designs and graphics since the introduction of the GT All Terra Bicycle line in 1988 with the radical “cracked paint” GT Karakoram they shocked the competition and bicycle market into re-thinking their own paint and graphics. Every year GT Bicycles has gone a step further and the 1991 Range is no exception.
We also see the “GT All Terra Racing Team” become known as Team GT with a distinctive change into the Highly Recognised Yellow/Blue Team Livery which became Team Scream in the next few years. Team GT continued to dominate the Racing world and was really making a name for themselves around the world as a force to reckoned with.
GT’s Triple Trak Plus comprised itself of four high end handcrafted framesets including the Xizang LE (Full Titanium), Xizang Bi-Metal (Titanium front, Cromo Rear), Zaskar (first Aluminium Frame) and the Cyclone (Fillet Brazed Cromo). These frameset packaged were all accompanied with the GT 2×4 adjustable fork and GT Flip Flop stem. GT also gave you the ability to customise this range with an option for an RS1 Rock Shox Fork and the option of a Shimano XT or Suntour XC Pro groupset.
The Range starts to expand as the brand grows and world wide reputation increases so we see the Triple Triangle design adopted across the entire ATB Range and the Top Full Bike option being the Team Avalanche with an extremely iconic Paint Scheme “Midnight Aurora”.
The full line up included the four Triple Trak Plus Frame options, followed by eight ATB’s, four Cross-over bikes and the introduction of the 20” Little Timber and the first ever Tandem.
Our thanks to Daimon Edwards from The GT Vault for providing this catalogue introduction.