Hey everyone! Thanks for checking out the video, if you have any questions just let me know in a comment or through Instagram: instagram.com/toastyrides/
nice to see a channel that demonstrates how bikes (so cool) are for people and not for superheroes dressed in lycra that go beyond limits etc. nothing against, but good maintenance without super luxury. it's inspiring...
Your videos inspired me to restore vintage bikes. I aquired 2 bikes in the past 2 weeks. Both for free. An '83 Free Spirit Greenbriar (a townie) and a '93 Mongoose Threshold. Still work in progress. Looking forward to watching all your videos. Keep it up, Bruh!
That has come out beautifully, I'm a huge fan of GT mountain bikes too.i especially like the triple triangle design. I own 4 . I've got a 1994 GT Corrado made from Tru temper USA chromoly tubing. I got that brand new in 1993 and it was $2300.00 way back then. I weighed compete under 10 kg . I own a GT Peace 26 inch single speed made from Reynolds chromoly. And 2 GT Ricochet 26 inch aluminium mountain bikes which I'm riding every day.yep Gary Turner was a great man for founding this company. Your Outpost is awesome mate.keep her forever and enjoy 👌💪
Awesome build! I have a 93 GT allterra that is my do it all bike including commuter. Just something about these old frames that are so cool and mellow🤙🏽
Thanks for showing how you fixed the rear break. I have a 92 Karakoram and I can find an original cable crosser anywhere. I almost sold the frame because of it but I’m going to try this out to see if I will have a usable back break finally.
I really like your idea of just a one by nine and deleting the front or derailleur, I'm just so tired of trying to configure front derailleurs with three speeds I'm just done with it
Nice build! I love the unusual design of the rear triangle on GT frames - I missed out recently on a red GT Outpost All Terra that would have made a great gravel bike build. Hopefully I can find another for a good price soon 🤞🏻
Thank you! Yeah they’re really quirky, I picked up something a bit weirder recently! A 4130 Chromoly “Iron Horse Flagstaff”, which has more triangles than the GT!haha. Oo that would’ve been cool, hopefully something else shows up soon for ya 🤞🤙
Sweet! They’re heaps of fun 🤙 1x is definitely simple and really usable, depending on what gearing you go with and the terrain you’re in 👍 also looks a look cleaner!
Great channel….thanks for the great filming, anyway you could do a video on your tools that you recommend to get into this as a regular hobby…I have built a couple of old mountain bikes into comfort cruisers by adding riser bars and comfort seats…a Bridgestone trailblazer and a nishiki…wanna get more into it and build an old mountain bike into another comfort cruiser with internal geared hub and a bafang mid drive…
Nice! I have a 94 GT Timberline FS You’re right about the frames running small. I’m hoping to get my bike back on the trails this year as I’m doing a very similar build.
Love it. I have an alloy outpost I've been wanting to convert to a MTBMX but am hesitant because it may not suit daily work. I have a step thru with rear rack for deliveries but it lacks style points and when I trick it out gutters and things it feels like the frame is flexing.
I just picked up a GT Outpost Trail for $80 US. It’s in very nice condition. I’m not sure how I will upgrade it, but for now, all it needed was a new rear tire and a set of pedals.
Man I have a GT Avalanche frame here and I really love the frame but I have a fair few retro rigid mountain bikes, and originally I was going to make a gravel bike from it for a bit of fun, and then I sorta thought I might make it into a 26” BMX after seeing one on TH-cam. Not sure yet but I don’t want to part with it lol.
Love the video. I have an ‘97 GT Outpost that is all aluminum frame. I want to upgrade to a 1x8 or 1x9. But not sure if it will work since I can’t widen the stays. Do you know if that would concept would fit?
Hi watched a few videos I'm also in nz and starter buying old bikes and stripping them down and re building them also on a budget have you used microshift if so where is the best place to by can't find a store that has all the ranges in nz i can buy from wiggle in au
What's the tooth count on that chainring and do you think you could go bigger? I'm about to build a 20" GT Rebound into a 1x9 commuter with a 650b conversion.
The seatpost and seattube get cleaned in a similar way, the seatpost is with a scotch pad and seattube is with a pipe cleaner (both with wd40, degreaser or wax and grease remover). It’s also good to make sure the top of the seattube, by the clamping portion and slot, doesn’t have any rough parts. Quite often it will need smoothing out with a file so it doesn’t damage the seatpost. Thanks heaps, glad you liked it! 😄🤙
I've just unearthed my old Outpost Trail from the depths of my mum's garage. Planning on making it a load lugger / city bike. You mentioned about heel strike - do you reckon it would be possible to make a custom / modified rack that was a bit further back? Or too much risk of pulling wheelies all the time? I'm wondering about chipping off the dropouts and welding on some horizontals and disc mounts... I wonder if you could add enough space with that?
Hey Mate, planning on doing a similar project, but I fear my frame is too small, would you say that with the pit-bike bars that pronlem would not arise because of the added height?
Hi man, great work on that Outpost. You've replaced the freehub or thats original rim, hub, etc? Old GT wheels (alivio hub + araya rims) are compatible w/ these 1x9, 1x10 configuration?
Which bars are you using? Looking for bmx style bars that aren’t too wide or swept back too far. Your’s look like a good match to a Cannondale build I’m on.
@@blairinferno4675 they show up for cheap sometimes, but them if you see them as sometimes they’re triple the price 😣 and the silver and black ones sometimes aren’t around at all 🤷♂️
The three things I can think of, nothing too expensive or rare but: 1) Bridgestone is definitely on that list, I rode a mates ‘90 mb5 the other day and *absolutely loved it* 😆 I think the history of them, the look and feel is really special for the $$ of the mb5/mb4. Mb1/xo1 is outta the range for me, realistically, the mb5 colour just looked perfect anyway. 2) ~92 Kona in my size would be cool, I have a 2020 Kona UnitX so it’s ancestor would be awesome to have haha. 3) Specialized RockCombo..if I didn’t have to pay a fortune for it 👌
I don’t have a specific frame, but a set of criteria. Lugged steel road frame with an internally routed rear brake line and no down tube shifter mounts.
@@MrKruucks sweet! It’s good to have a pretty open mind when finding old bikes, if you have a specific bike then you might never find it 😆 Hopefully you find something that fits the bill or is a close compromise 🤙
Thank you!! 😄🤙 If the frame has a rear facing cable stop, yeah it’s an option. You can always run the cable outer all the way to the rear, I suppose haha. The canti works great, just takes some extra time to get the cable to feel nice 🤙 I’m not a huge fan of v-brakes, really, and the owner wanted to keep the cantis 👌
Any advice for just simply replacing the brake levers/shifters on my old 90’s MTB with cantilever brakes. Everything for sale online seems to be for v-brakes. I just want my kids to be able to ride. Do you know if these shimano v-brake parts will work? They look the same…
Hi there! Bmx levers (designed for u-brakes, so “freestyle” bmx brakes) work with cantilever brakes. There are also levers out there for road calipers and cantilever brakes, road levers are the same pull as canti brakes, Dia-compe make some as well as others. Just make sure they aren’t listed for v-brakes (also called linear pull) as v levers have a different pull ratio, it will feel like the brakes are almost grabbing at half the force. Hope that helps!
@@toastyrides so, there really isn’t an “integrated” brake and shifter unit anymore and my cheapest route will be bmx brakes with either grip shifters or trigger shifters added separately? I suppose friction shifters may be cheaper, but my wife doesn’t care for that! She and probably my kids prefer the click click of indexed shifting.
@@peacetalktopurple yeah unless you find a used item, your best bet is to find some seperate shifter/levers 👌 Sunrace are great value shifters, there should be some decent levers around too. 🤙
What do you mean by the frame runs small? I'm considering buying a GT Outpost which measures 18inchs from BB to the top of the seat tube and I'm 6'1 (185cm), do you think I'll be comfortable?
Most GT mtb’s I’ve had have a relatively short toptube, but with a long stem, for their seattube length compared to other old mtb’s. A GT Tequesta I had, with a seattube of 57cm (centre to top) had a toptube of 57cm (c-c). Whereas a Kona with a 22” seattube would likely run 59cm or so (my 19” Lava Dome has about a 57.5cm toptube).
@@toastyrides Thanks for the info. I always find it hard to get the right-sized frame. In the end, I went to my local bike recycling place and found a beast. A Falcon Delta, with little rust and hand-made in the UK. It looks pretty old, probably 90's and still need to do my research on the frame but the paint is black with red blood splats = sold.
From memory it was just a generic rear one converted for use on the front 👍 there’s decent small front racks that bolt to brake posts though, which work great!
Hey everyone! Thanks for checking out the video, if you have any questions just let me know in a comment or through Instagram:
instagram.com/toastyrides/
nice to see a channel that demonstrates how bikes (so cool) are for people and not for superheroes dressed in lycra that go beyond limits etc. nothing against, but good maintenance without super luxury. it's inspiring...
Your videos inspired me to restore vintage bikes. I aquired 2 bikes in the past 2 weeks. Both for free. An '83 Free Spirit Greenbriar (a townie) and a '93 Mongoose Threshold. Still work in progress. Looking forward to watching all your videos. Keep it up, Bruh!
That has come out beautifully, I'm a huge fan of GT mountain bikes too.i especially like the triple triangle design. I own 4 . I've got a 1994 GT Corrado made from Tru temper USA chromoly tubing. I got that brand new in 1993 and it was $2300.00 way back then. I weighed compete under 10 kg . I own a GT Peace 26 inch single speed made from Reynolds chromoly. And 2 GT Ricochet 26 inch aluminium mountain bikes which I'm riding every day.yep Gary Turner was a great man for founding this company. Your Outpost is awesome mate.keep her forever and enjoy 👌💪
The parallel tubes on these old gt frames is beautiful and unique
Nice build always great to see a GT back on the road awesome work I keep wanting to one by my 2018 Marin get there one day 👍🏻
Thank you! Oh sweet, it’ll get there 😎👌 have fun! 🤙
Those bmx bars look sick on that
That cutoff top-tube behind the seat is certainly distinctive. Part of the "triple triangle" theme -
Very nice.exactly what I plan to do to my purple backwoods.. great job
found an old green Outpost to rebuild and your vid will be crucial to my success.
I LOVE how you put the tyres on!
Awesome build! I have a 93 GT allterra that is my do it all bike including commuter. Just something about these old frames that are so cool and mellow🤙🏽
Thanks! These old GT’s make awesome do it all bikes 😎 yeah they’re an awesome mix of good handling to comfort 👌
Steel GT is the way to go!
haha love how you put the tires
😂 I prefer it that way haha, more fun 👌
Thanks for showing how you fixed the rear break. I have a 92 Karakoram and I can find an original cable crosser anywhere. I almost sold the frame because of it but I’m going to try this out to see if I will have a usable back break finally.
I really like your idea of just a one by nine and deleting the front or derailleur, I'm just so tired of trying to configure front derailleurs with three speeds I'm just done with it
im doing the same on my gt 1x9 but converting to disk brake. good vid!
Oh rad!! Disc builds are awesome, ultimate resto mod 👌 cheers!! 🤙
bike therapy at its best.
Nice build! I love the unusual design of the rear triangle on GT frames - I missed out recently on a red GT Outpost All Terra that would have made a great gravel bike build. Hopefully I can find another for a good price soon 🤞🏻
Thank you! Yeah they’re really quirky, I picked up something a bit weirder recently! A 4130 Chromoly “Iron Horse Flagstaff”, which has more triangles than the GT!haha.
Oo that would’ve been cool, hopefully something else shows up soon for ya 🤞🤙
I just found out about this channel awesome video dude! I enjoyed it, please keep it commming!
would love to see those old bridgestone restoration
Oh cool, thanks for checking out the videos!
Awesome, will do 😄🥳 definitely 👌
I'm building up a similar gt now too, tempted to try 1x also
Sweet! They’re heaps of fun 🤙 1x is definitely simple and really usable, depending on what gearing you go with and the terrain you’re in 👍 also looks a look cleaner!
1x is the jams
Great channel….thanks for the great filming, anyway you could do a video on your tools that you recommend to get into this as a regular hobby…I have built a couple of old mountain bikes into comfort cruisers by adding riser bars and comfort seats…a Bridgestone trailblazer and a nishiki…wanna get more into it and build an old mountain bike into another comfort cruiser with internal geared hub and a bafang mid drive…
Nice! I have a 94 GT Timberline FS
You’re right about the frames running small. I’m hoping to get my bike back on the trails this year as I’m doing a very similar build.
Perfect video for inspiration. Currently rebuilding a 90s GT Vantara to be a commuter bike.
Glad you liked it 🤙 Oo sweet, that’ll be a fun commuter!
Love it. I have an alloy outpost I've been wanting to convert to a MTBMX but am hesitant because it may not suit daily work. I have a step thru with rear rack for deliveries but it lacks style points and when I trick it out gutters and things it feels like the frame is flexing.
Beautiful GT! I have two 90’s bikes
Thanks! Oo sweet, I recently picked up a ‘99 GT Avalanche that’s almost a bare frame. It needs a lot of love!
@@toastyrides nice! I would love to see it finished someday. I have
91’ GT Karakoram Elite
98’ GT Backwoods polished the aluminum frame
@@burrito_bobby yeah I’ve got most of the parts for it, shouldn’t be too far away 😁
Oh sweet!! 👌
I just picked up a GT Outpost Trail for $80 US. It’s in very nice condition. I’m not sure how I will upgrade it, but for now, all it needed was a new rear tire and a set of pedals.
Nice job ! x9 cassettes fit in these old MTB frames without any problems ?
Great build, looks awesome 👌🏻
quality restoration dude!
I really have to learn how to put tyres on like you do mate, it usually takes me forever 🤣
Hahaha it’ll save ya heaps of time!! 😁🤙
I swear by those lever thingies 🗝
Sad
Man I have a GT Avalanche frame here and I really love the frame but I have a fair few retro rigid mountain bikes, and originally I was going to make a gravel bike from it for a bit of fun, and then I sorta thought I might make it into a 26” BMX after seeing one on TH-cam. Not sure yet but I don’t want to part with it lol.
Love the video. I have an ‘97 GT Outpost that is all aluminum frame. I want to upgrade to a 1x8 or 1x9. But not sure if it will work since I can’t widen the stays. Do you know if that would concept would fit?
Hi watched a few videos I'm also in nz and starter buying old bikes and stripping them down and re building them also on a budget have you used microshift if so where is the best place to by can't find a store that has all the ranges in nz i can buy from wiggle in au
What's the tooth count on that chainring and do you think you could go bigger? I'm about to build a 20" GT Rebound into a 1x9 commuter with a 650b conversion.
great bike. what kind of chainring did you use?
Very helpful (as always...) have some similar builds underway...
That’s good to hear! Oo sweet, I’m sure they’ll be rad once they’re done 😎
Hi, how did you clean seat tube, methods, materials used etc, acknowledging you cleaned seat post. As usual great video!
The seatpost and seattube get cleaned in a similar way, the seatpost is with a scotch pad and seattube is with a pipe cleaner (both with wd40, degreaser or wax and grease remover). It’s also good to make sure the top of the seattube, by the clamping portion and slot, doesn’t have any rough parts. Quite often it will need smoothing out with a file so it doesn’t damage the seatpost.
Thanks heaps, glad you liked it! 😄🤙
I've just unearthed my old Outpost Trail from the depths of my mum's garage. Planning on making it a load lugger / city bike. You mentioned about heel strike - do you reckon it would be possible to make a custom / modified rack that was a bit further back? Or too much risk of pulling wheelies all the time? I'm wondering about chipping off the dropouts and welding on some horizontals and disc mounts... I wonder if you could add enough space with that?
Wow, I rode a 40T as a commuter and it was still not enough. Currently 38:17 for winter.
What handlebar is that?? 🎉🎉
Where did you get the narrow wide chainring? Looking exactly for that. Simple, no graphics, silver, cheap.
Hey Mate, planning on doing a similar project, but I fear my frame is too small, would you say that with the pit-bike bars that pronlem would not arise because of the added height?
yaaassss
How are the Mezcal's holding up on mixed riding? I was about to get the Mezcals but worried that it would wear down too fast on the road.
that thing that makes the riser bars look like bmx bars is sweet... where can I find one of those?
The handlebar cross brace? They sell them online, I think 🤔
Hi man, great work on that Outpost. You've replaced the freehub or thats original rim, hub, etc? Old GT wheels (alivio hub + araya rims) are compatible w/ these 1x9, 1x10 configuration?
Which bars are you using? Looking for bmx style bars that aren’t too wide or swept back too far. Your’s look like a good match to a Cannondale build I’m on.
Hey, if you search for Blygo pitbike bars you’ll find them 🤙 them come in Alloy or Steel, both are similar shape 👌
Nice!! That’ll be fun 🤩
@@toastyrides are those the cheap ones on trademe?
@@blairinferno4675 they show up for cheap sometimes, but them if you see them as sometimes they’re triple the price 😣 and the silver and black ones sometimes aren’t around at all 🤷♂️
What was the adapter called that you connected the handle bars too
Love it great stuff
What’s your white whale frame? Something you keep an eye out for but haven’t been able to find? Or maybe you’ve already found and built it?
The three things I can think of, nothing too expensive or rare but:
1) Bridgestone is definitely on that list, I rode a mates ‘90 mb5 the other day and *absolutely loved it* 😆 I think the history of them, the look and feel is really special for the $$ of the mb5/mb4. Mb1/xo1 is outta the range for me, realistically, the mb5 colour just looked perfect anyway.
2) ~92 Kona in my size would be cool, I have a 2020 Kona UnitX so it’s ancestor would be awesome to have haha.
3) Specialized RockCombo..if I didn’t have to pay a fortune for it 👌
Drop yours below 😁🤙
I don’t have a specific frame, but a set of criteria. Lugged steel road frame with an internally routed rear brake line and no down tube shifter mounts.
@@MrKruucks sweet! It’s good to have a pretty open mind when finding old bikes, if you have a specific bike then you might never find it 😆
Hopefully you find something that fits the bill or is a close compromise 🤙
I like how you set up this GT, great job! As for the rear brake cable routing , wouldn’t running a rear V- brake work better?
Thank you!! 😄🤙
If the frame has a rear facing cable stop, yeah it’s an option. You can always run the cable outer all the way to the rear, I suppose haha. The canti works great, just takes some extra time to get the cable to feel nice 🤙
I’m not a huge fan of v-brakes, really, and the owner wanted to keep the cantis 👌
Mantap BIKE nya👍👍👍
what year is this model?
Is this the same as the vantara
Thanks for the inspiration but why play loud music over your voice?
TH-cam audio messed up in this one and I can’t remove it, only silence it.
Dude, got any tips for getting a stuck seatpost out of a GT Outpost trail?
Slide hammer, or brute force and arrogance
Any advice for just simply replacing the brake levers/shifters on my old 90’s MTB with cantilever brakes. Everything for sale online seems to be for v-brakes. I just want my kids to be able to ride. Do you know if these shimano v-brake parts will work? They look the same…
Hi there! Bmx levers (designed for u-brakes, so “freestyle” bmx brakes) work with cantilever brakes.
There are also levers out there for road calipers and cantilever brakes, road levers are the same pull as canti brakes, Dia-compe make some as well as others.
Just make sure they aren’t listed for v-brakes (also called linear pull) as v levers have a different pull ratio, it will feel like the brakes are almost grabbing at half the force.
Hope that helps!
@@toastyrides so, there really isn’t an “integrated” brake and shifter unit anymore and my cheapest route will be bmx brakes with either grip shifters or trigger shifters added separately? I suppose friction shifters may be cheaper, but my wife doesn’t care for that! She and probably my kids prefer the click click of indexed shifting.
@@toastyrides can you recommend a particular set up for me from say Amazon? Trying to keep it low budget 😄
@@peacetalktopurple yeah unless you find a used item, your best bet is to find some seperate shifter/levers 👌 Sunrace are great value shifters, there should be some decent levers around too. 🤙
What do you mean by the frame runs small? I'm considering buying a GT Outpost which measures 18inchs from BB to the top of the seat tube and I'm 6'1 (185cm), do you think I'll be comfortable?
Most GT mtb’s I’ve had have a relatively short toptube, but with a long stem, for their seattube length compared to other old mtb’s.
A GT Tequesta I had, with a seattube of 57cm (centre to top) had a toptube of 57cm (c-c). Whereas a Kona with a 22” seattube would likely run 59cm or so (my 19” Lava Dome has about a 57.5cm toptube).
@@toastyrides Thanks for the info. I always find it hard to get the right-sized frame. In the end, I went to my local bike recycling place and found a beast. A Falcon Delta, with little rust and hand-made in the UK. It looks pretty old, probably 90's and still need to do my research on the frame but the paint is black with red blood splats = sold.
Love this bike, only issue is some of the music giving me the existentials
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
❤❤❤❤❤
Anybody know the Brand of the front rack?
From memory it was just a generic rear one converted for use on the front 👍 there’s decent small front racks that bolt to brake posts though, which work great!
People are finally starting to realize that steel is real
Nice
Thanks!
Sweeet!!😊
😉👍🌻
Bonjour le prix svp
How much
Show show show
Mate cut out rhe daft music can hardly hear some of what your saying
Sell it.... have someone paint it ...
watching while eating ice cream 😂😂😂
@dropthesubjectkiddo here.
Haha yo!! 👋 nice 😂 it’s about 🍕time for me 😁 hope you enjoyed the vid!!
hi i have old gt avalanche trying to do up