GT EDge making a return.

[bobswire]

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gallery/article/the-sound-of-metal-and-the-fury-2013-gt-bicycles-34364/8

Will be sold as a frame set in 2013 Ti frame CF fork
The last Ti Edge was in 1994

http://i47.tinypic.com/255tnw4.jpg

[texbike]

Wow! That's really cool. I applaud GT for building it. It looks like it has a tapered headtube. I wonder if it is BB30 compatible as well?

Regardless, I can't see dropping $2K on a stock-sized, Taiwan-built frameset.

Good luck GT!

Texbike

[zandrrr]

My LBS has one of the Xizang frames in stock. It's pretty nice but the price is a bit hard to swallow for a production frame.

The Edge looks to be the same. Nice looking, but are there people who will drop $2k on a production titanium frame? Surely that's most of the way to custom, right? It's hard for me to see GT selling a lot of these.

I do applaud them for trying, however! :hello:

[oldpotatoe]

Wow! That's really cool. I applaud GT for building it. It looks like it has a tapered headtube. I wonder if it is BB30 compatible as well?

Regardless, I can't see dropping $2K on a stock-sized, Taiwan-built frameset.

Good luck GT!

Texbike

Tapered HT and BB30(probably PF BB30)..gee, standard set.

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/frame/2012-ridley-helium--10428.html

I only picked one but there are a ton of frames and forks, stock sizes, made in Asia, that are more than $2000...most of them, in fact. At least the GT is potentially much more durable.

[Fixed]

Will Walmart sell it :eek:

[don'TreadOnMe]

Good pal of mine, great rider/shop manager @ that, recently got a Xizang (ti 29er frame). He can ride pretty much anything he wants, races all types of conditions, and he likes it, a lot.
If you want good ti on a budget, it's worth a look.

Now, it's no Legend...(yeah, I went there).

[rccardr]

The last Ti Edge was in 1994

Not so. Mine's a '98 & was made in the Longmont, CO shop. Pretty sure there were some outsourced ones -perhaps Taiwanese- sold after that, although the 'old' GT was pretty much absorbed by 2002.

Here's mine as currently set up with DA7700. It's a lovely ride, but not sure I'd pay $2K for the frame...

http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/98GTEdgeTitaniumrightsidelarge.jpg
http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/98GTEdgeTitaniumdrivetrain.jpg
http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/98GTEdgeTitaniumfront.jpg
http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/98GTEdgeTitaniumsaddleandstays.jpg
http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/Dropoutcloseup.jpg
http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/rccardr/98%20GT%20Titanium%20Edge/Bridgeandstays.jpg

[mister]

well, the sloping tt makes the triple triangle design look better

[yummygooey]

Here's a link to a thread with pics of the original GT Edge Ti I recently picked up. I'm not sure what year it is. I love this bike!

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=110804

Something about the new Edge just doesn't really do it for me aesthetically. The sloping top tube? The matte finish? I would love to give one a ride and see how the new Edge compares with the old... I'm sure they're completely different rides.

[brockd15]

well, the sloping tt makes the triple triangle design look better

I agree, I look of the sloping top tube version is more to my taste.