Bike check of my 1996 GT LTS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Hang out with me as I talk about my 1996 GT LTS. Feel free to ask me any questions or comments you have about the bike. And yes, I love my Oakley gloves so much even if they're clearly worn out!
Of note, a few corrections in my video:
1. I meant to say Risse Astro-5 rear shock and not Genesis.
2. I point at the front derailleur and call it a three speed shifter. It is a three speed front derailleur.
Links:
Me riding my GT LTS at I-5 Colonnade in Seattle:
www.trailforks...
Custom made rear shock
www.risseracing.com
GT LTS parts:
www.mountainbi...
Check out the new GT LTS bikes!
www.gtbicycles.com
2019 GT Bicycles Catalog
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2022 still awesome
I have a question? The rear suspension is some type of cloud system the bike is around 1998 . Can you tell me anything special about it sir
For sure, I believe the rear shock you're talking about is a Cloud 9 made by Cane Creek. It's an air shock system, right? I don't know if those a rebuildable or not but if you ask a Retro Shox on Instagram, he'd have a better idea unless you're in the US, then Risse Racing may be a person to ask.
@@yuri_on_youtube cool thx .. I think it can be rebuilt but not with the old rubber stuff! Just need some good rubber stuff
very comfortable bike to ride, im still using till now my gt lts every morning run (5:30 - 7:30 am) inside our village while on lovkdown due to covid 19. i love this bike. have a great ride bro
I'm with you - even by today's standard, it's a really plush bike. I have ridden and used the seatpost so much that I can fit a 27.2 mm seatpost in it...so now it has a dropper post in it.
Also, I'm having a bike fabricator make a disc brake seatstay linkage for it just for fun - I still run the plain original for now. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe quarantine.
By the way, if you haven't followed GT on Facebook, they are for a limited time showing "Full Travel" which is a documentary style video of their GT full suspensions which you'll totally wax nostalgia.
Had to watch again !
I really appreciate that! But that's why it is here for free!
Because you got me into a LTS !
Is that a LTS-2 rear triangle that you put on a LTS-1 front triangle?
I can't confirm if a swingarm swap happened with the previous owner but I have not swapped the swingarm on this 96' since this is v-brake compatible.
I cannibalize chainstays from LTS bikes of the same vintage because the chainstay pivots do fatigue and will crack with frequent hard riding.
At any rate, thanks for watching my video and your question. I'd recommend joining the "GT Bike Owners" group if you have Facebook.
for that year only the lts-1 and the thermoplastic sts had that titanium part on the rear end. The downhill boomerang had it too for racers . later years others had it .
they feel great to ride for me the LTS and STS style frames with this system is bester than a swing arm the way it pinches the shock ...do you know of any place i can get a new backend? i have a small 16" LTS 5000 in steel i wanted to put the backend from a sts 1 on ito it , upgrade it , as its nice and small i litteraly just have the front end frame
There are a few options but you really have to love the bike to spend the money:
1. Finding a donor frame but that's the used option.
2. You'd have to find a CNC/Machine shop or bike fabricator willing to make you a copy of swingarm pieces you need - that easily is at least in USD $300 plus.
Risse Racing (www.risseracing.com) 'might' fabricating a rear end but it is not cheap.
do you know were i can get the LTS disc break rear frame part?
I wish I did. I know there are disc brake adapters that exist for the LTS but the reviews are so mixed with good and bad that it has put me off.
However, if I do pursue that, I would go to my bike fabricator and have him weld one on and per his experience, re-heat treat the 6061 aluminum.
@@yuri_on_youtube i have seen USA made rear frames with built in disc break mounts ,,most have the japan rear end,,,i seen a sts on youtube with it ,i only knowthis as my gt lts ,has the USA front end ,and the japan made back end ,my factory disc was swapped out at some point
@@yuri_on_youtube the LTS DS are much better ,the late models realy got good , ,i had many over the years even a STS1 but they break
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Hi, what lts has the welded gusset on the top tube lts1 or team or was it the year?
Cheers
If it is the gusset that was at the seatube and top tube, I'd 'guess' the boomerang LTS DH frames of the 97'+.
Like this, right?
www.moredirt.com/ratemyride/bike/15124
Hi, no its underneath the top tube at the front some have a welded gusset others don't cheers
@@justinlawson3994 I see, I see. Yeah - That's gusset you speak of is typically on the frames that are sized 18" and above. It is absent on this bike because it's a 16". For example, on my 18" RTS, that gusset your speak of (I think) is on this bike.
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@@yuri_on_youtube like this
Like this
Great bike and such a unique ride
Thank you! I have updated this very bike since this video.
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Where did you source the new rear shock?
I used Risse Racing:
risseracing.com/gt.shtml
@@yuri_on_youtube Wonderful vintage ride. Thumbs up.
LTS my friend Paul Nonan has one , while I have a Univega and we both had a GT zaskar. if we were there we could be riding buddies.
For sure! What part of the world are you from?
@@yuri_on_youtube Manila, Philippines
Why is there never anything on the lts 2? I can even find decals for the lts 1, but never the 2. What the heck. Lol
I don't know other than from conjecture that perhaps the the Dash 1 and Team decals and bikes are the more popular or common GT LTS bikes.
I find more videos and posts about even the LTS elastomer bikes than the Dash 2s. But the vids, decals and forum discussions exist for all trim levels, just takes varying degrees of search box prowess.
I’m rebuilding my LTS . Wish me luck 🍀
Very cool ride 👍I Gotta get some of those needle bearings. Definitely sucks Performance stores all closed up.
Thanks, Bill. The needle bearings are such an improvement over the stock ones because you don't have to keep greasing them to keep them noise free.
I updated this bike recently:
th-cam.com/video/y2hAi5oZdNI/w-d-xo.html
@@yuri_on_youtube are the bearings from that company in the UK I found online?
@@bheckner If it is Goldtech/BETD, that is the correct company.
@@yuri_on_youtube sweet. Thanks dude👍👍
Nice! I always wanted one of these but could never afford it :( Had to make do with my 95 Kona Lava Dome.
Glad you liked the video! I need to rip on it side by side with GT's LTS remake. The GTs in the 90s were the dream bikes...and if you see my Univega bike check, I had to settle on that bike back in the day!
@@yuri_on_youtube Just watched your RTS Video too, that thing is mint! Beautiful
I still have my 1997 GT Team LTS.
Right on! I'm going to do a ride on the new LTS Sensor and Force bikes and really stoked to see if they're just as fun. The LTS classics are always eye catchers!
I’ve got two of those frames in my basement, next to a complete 98 lobo and a 97 sts dh
The Lobo is pretty wicked, I saw a guy put a straight 1 1/8th Fox single crown fork on it and it made it look like a dope trail bike.
Yuri Rabena I may do something like that, the original boxxer that came with it cracked on a run back in 99’ I replaced it with a Marzocchi Monter triple which was the bombproof fork of the time, my last competitive run was the 2000 Norba northeast extreme snowman in Plattekill New York, came in third place.
@@roverron7509 Nice job, RR. If you have Facebook and aren't a member, join the GT Bike Group and showcase your Lobo. We don't see really many of those posted.
facebook.com/groups/198352466536/
i just got my LTS-3 and it's good
That's cool. They're really fun bikes and definitely a conversation starter on the trails.