Gt-rts.

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I have recently finished restoring a GT-RTS, So I thought i would throw up a picture and some specs for anybody interested in older mtb's.

Frame - GT-RTS. 7005 aluminium. 18 inch seat tube. I think it's 1994?
Rear shock - Noleen.
Front shock/fork - Rock Shox - Mag21, With purple lizzard skins.
Handlebars - Flat Black ones.
Stem - Zoom - 70mm reach,45deg rise,1-1/8 inch threadless.
Headset - Aheadset - Threadless 1-1/8 inch threadless.
Grips - Black ones.
Saddle - Selle san marco, fox foam gel.
Seatpost - Kalloy
Front brake - Shimano STX.
Rear brake - Shimano STX.
Cranks - Shimano FC AT10. 28t,38t,48t Chainrings, 170mm arms.
Chain - Shimano HG.
Pedals - Plastic.
Front derailleur - Shimano Deore LX
Rear derailleur - Shimano Exage 400LX.
Front shifter - Shimano STX, 3-Spd.
Rear shifter -Shimano STX 7-Spd
Cassette - Shimano 12t-28t 7-Spd.
Front hub - Shimano Exage - HB RM50, 32h.
Rear hub - Shimano Exage - FH HB 50, 36h.
Front rim - Araya - 26x1.50HE RX-7, 32h.
Rear rim - Araya - 26x1.50HE RX-7, 36h.
Spokes - Steel.
Nipples - Brass.
Tyres - Hutchinson - Coyote, 26x2.1 F+R.
Tubes - Regular.
Total weight - 13.6Kg. Im not sure how accurate this is, I weighed myself with and without the bike on the bathroom scales and just posted the difference.

I have tried to keep most of the parts in my build from the early to mid 90's as I wanted to restore the bike rather than upgrade it.
 
J

Jaow

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Nice work!

Congrats mate - that is a really nice restoration! You've done well with the vintage drivetrain - much better than putting current parts on. The STX stuff brings some memories back - I used to have a Trek hardtail decked out with it but could never get the canti brakes to work well. Are the Mag 21s working okay?

I'm imagining future upgrades along the lines of a set of Onza clipless pedals (or perhaps old Shimano M737s), a Syncros stem/seatpost and maybe one of those old leather Flite saddles!
 
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The mag21's work perfect, they still hold air.
The thing that amazes me the most is how well a 7 speed drivetrain works,
I can't remember ever having gears that work that well. Perfect shifts every time in both directions.
The canti brakes have no stoping power at all when compared to a disc, But it adds to the ride.
Bad brakes changes your riding style, There is alot more planning involved.
I took it out to nerang forrest the other day and just played around on some of the single tracks near the start.
I had a stupid grin on my face the whole time I was out.

Im not sure what will be upgraded next, Im happy with it for now but i guess ebay will temp me in the future.

Thanks for the interest in my restoration.
 
Dene Dweller

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Nice bike you have there. A mate use to have an RTS about 14 years ago when we were getting into riding so it brings back good memories. I use to dream about having the Mag 21's but our budgets back then only extended to Quadra 5's. Enjoy the retro riding :)
 
RaID

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love it,

potentially the upgrade id look at would be some old school V brakes

Xt's or XTRs with levers would be sweet, used to rock my world back in the day :)
 
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Dene Dweller said:
I use to dream about having the Mag 21's but our budgets back then only extended to Quadra 5's.:)
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That is a big part of why I decided to fix it up, When the RTS was new I could never afford one, but I always wanted one. (I wanted one of the purple RTS-3's)

I was at the local markets one day, and I saw this RTS burried in a massive pile of bikes. It was looking a bit haggard but I got it anyway.

It was an impulsive buy... but I had to have it.
Now she is all fixed up Im happy with my purchace.
 
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