1992 GT Karakoram (Tequilla Sunrise) - build start

[Pickle]

Always concerns me if the phone rings or there is a knock at the door 'out of hours'. So, when there was a 'bang, bang, bang' on the door at just gone 7am this morning I thought the worst.

However, when the postman announced 'Special delivery' to the wife I knew what it was. 'Your frame is here' she announced to me with a look of glee on her face

So, I have finally got my hands on a 1992 GT Karakoram in beautiful Tequilla Sunrise colour scheme. Bit of T-Cut and polish and it will come up nice.

Going to put my Pro-Circuit forks on this one, and I already have a correct steerer is on its way. May ask Gil to make up some decals in a red/yellow scheme for them.

Running gear will be all mint LX and DX off my donor Raleigh Summit, which was purchased purely for this purpose.

Might have this done by the end of the year, work permitting.

More to follow in the next week or so......

 

[mikee]

oooh thats gonna be really nice

why does your wife have a" look of glee" on her face ?

mine usually comes out with something along the lines of "theres
more scrap arrived"

 

[Pickle]

oooh thats gonna be really nice

Fingers crossed. Need to decide what post and stem to go on now :?

why does your wife have a" look of glee" on her face ?

mine usually comes out with something along the lines of "theres
more scrap arrived"

I was being sarcastic, hence the

 

[mikee]

what was standard ?

avinuer tioga ?

gt flip flop ?

 

[lewis1641]

Might have this done by the end of the year, work permitting.

isnt it more your style to have them built by the end of the day!

this is going to be nice!

 

[drystonepaul]

Looks good. It'll be great to see it built up.

 

[Pickle]

what was standard ?
avinuer tioga ?
gt flip flop ?

I think is was flip-flop. Am going to have a look in the scans and see if I can dig the 1992 catalogue out.

 

[mikee]

the earliest cat I've got is 93
the plain colourways ,bit boring after the spatter schemes
all gt branded stuff ,tioga and kalloy i think ,and vetta stuff, forgot about
those

 

[jonnyboy666]

i'm glad to see you're back onto buying GT stuff again rather than proflex and specialized stuff!!

that is gonna look cool.

 

[drystonepaul]

what was standard ?
avinuer tioga ?
gt flip flop ?

I think is was flip-flop. Am going to have a look in the scans and see if I can dig the 1992 catalogue out.

I'm pretty sure that it was a flip-flop stem on this one.