haha. this guy.
look on first page to see the GT road frame he has. pretty badass. just like the one i acquired recently.
i told the dude his GT bikes probably aren’t built by yamaguchi. i base this upon email from yamaguchi that was forwarded to me. i posted it on his flickr pics a few times and he deleted my comments. lolz. i just tryin to help him figure out who built his bikes.
i guess he concludes from the email that the frames are “built under yamaguchi” by some unaccomplished builder like tiemeyer or nobilette or paul chamberlain or someone…
nice frames. i got emails from a few of the builders to narrow down who might’ve built certain team frames.
the email. lol. i a heartbreaker. you get no hipster points for have yamaguchi built bike. too bad so sad. you ignore me it ok though.
Hello.
I never built frame under GT brand. But I work with USAC/USCF '88~2004(USA Cycling Association. Former US Cycling Federation) at the time did work with GT. but my job is mostly consultant for the US national team bikes.
Back then, GT had a small custom frame factory in Longmont Colorado run by Forrest Yelverton. This shop are only built steel frames. Ti and Alu. Frame are from CA GT factory. Mr. Tiermeyer are assignd for built Aluminum time trial frame.
Road frames: 93~96 GT national team bikes use True Temper. 97~2000 GT bike are Reynolds tubing.
GT’s Sr# start with USA are made for the national team use.
National team GT road fork offsets are 45mm. With internal fork crown, raked fork blades (not straight blades) and Henry James dropouts
I refer to it as Urban Troutfitters. For all the hipster “trout” looking to hit the latest shiny new dry fly offerings, in exciting season-appropriate shapes and colourways.
And for the record, it has always sucked. It’s just impressive how much harder it sucks now than previously.
To be fair, the men’s clothing and apartment sections are much douchier than the women’s clothing section. I actually shop at UO often, or manage to find stuff originally UO at a thrift or discount store. It’s nice stuff, pretty comfortable and practical. It’s better than H&M or Target, both of which feel kinda cheap.
I worked there for a while and we’d always get returns because the clothes were so poorly made. I will say though, that H&M clothes basically feel like they’re made out of paper.
please do not shop at urban outfitters. They have given lots of money to prolife, homosphobic republican senators (who are also down with the idea of replacing the constitution with the ten commandments). Just go to a thrift store, and find something that looks damn near the same.
