I picked this bike up a while back, freshened it up and put it on Craigslist, not thinking too much of it. I get an email saying its not a GT, its a junk bike with GT stickers on it. So I look into it a little bit, and I think the guy may be partially right, although the weird thing is it has a lot of GT parts on it.
I just assumed it was a GT Mach One, somewhere I got the idea it was a 1995 model, although now I think I might have been confusing it with the last bike I had. Here is what I have noticed:
The frame does not have the typical top tube through the seat tube design, with the GT logo on the end, nor are the dropouts stamped GT. it also does not have the partial looptail design that a lot of Mach Ones had. Does this frame look like anything GT ever made? The guy said the welds looked "crappy" (obviously the top tube has been rewelded, I think he was referring to the other factory welds.)
The bike has an older GT stem (possibly worth as much as I was asking for the whole bike, surprised he didn't pick up on that), GT grips, a GT seat, GT seat post clamp, and brakes with GT branded pads.
Everything else not mentioned above has a GT sticker on it, but is there any way to tell if the seat post, forks, and bars are truly GT?
The serial number is on the head tube and starts with M06, which may or may not be consistent with the bike being a (M)ach one, but is that even in a place where you would find a serial on a GT? I know a lot have it on the dropouts.
The wheels, hubs, chainring, cranks and headset are all suspect to me. I think GT would have used better parts, but if you recognize something as being a GT part, let me know.
Can anyone date the stickers? I'm thinking mid 90's, but there are so many different GT bikes out there I get lost when I try to look for something similar.
I just want to know what it is or isn't before I part it out. I was half tempted to part it out anyway because of the frame, but since it all looked like it belonged together I thought I'd try to sell it complete first.
Thoughts?
Pics:
I just assumed it was a GT Mach One, somewhere I got the idea it was a 1995 model, although now I think I might have been confusing it with the last bike I had. Here is what I have noticed:
The frame does not have the typical top tube through the seat tube design, with the GT logo on the end, nor are the dropouts stamped GT. it also does not have the partial looptail design that a lot of Mach Ones had. Does this frame look like anything GT ever made? The guy said the welds looked "crappy" (obviously the top tube has been rewelded, I think he was referring to the other factory welds.)
The bike has an older GT stem (possibly worth as much as I was asking for the whole bike, surprised he didn't pick up on that), GT grips, a GT seat, GT seat post clamp, and brakes with GT branded pads.
Everything else not mentioned above has a GT sticker on it, but is there any way to tell if the seat post, forks, and bars are truly GT?
The serial number is on the head tube and starts with M06, which may or may not be consistent with the bike being a (M)ach one, but is that even in a place where you would find a serial on a GT? I know a lot have it on the dropouts.
The wheels, hubs, chainring, cranks and headset are all suspect to me. I think GT would have used better parts, but if you recognize something as being a GT part, let me know.
Can anyone date the stickers? I'm thinking mid 90's, but there are so many different GT bikes out there I get lost when I try to look for something similar.
I just want to know what it is or isn't before I part it out. I was half tempted to part it out anyway because of the frame, but since it all looked like it belonged together I thought I'd try to sell it complete first.
Thoughts?
Pics:
