Hello. First time poster here, hoping to be respectful of any forum rules.
I have a beloved oldskool GT Outpost that is looking for a new home where it will continue to get the love I have had for it over the years.
I am not after any money for it, just someone to collect it and hopefully continue to keep it alive and use it from time to time. It probably does need a bit of work (brake and gear cables for a start) and someone may want to customise it a bit to suit their height and weight; but I was still riding it as recently as October 2022 and other than a new chain during that year, it was basically ridable. As you will see from the below pics, the frame has basically always been too small for me hence the insanely high seat post, long handlebar stem etc. I am 5ft 11" for context. So new owner will want to consider that when considering if this is the bike for them.
I originally bought it when I was a student in May 2011 for £50. I can't get at my ebay records from that far back but remember collecting it from someone living somewhere around Southminster in Essex. It was originally black as per this first pic...
Hope this isn't going to upset too many people; but I had it professionally re-painted (stripped back to bear metal and power coated) by my friend who runs a paint shop in Basildon (Vulcan - if you want the exact history). Then my Dad and I rebuilt it and added a few new components.
[pics from June 2011]
It has had various stages of inactivity and then use, as my life has fluctuated in busyness over the last 13 years and although I have now taken up mountain biking a bit more seriously, and that has meant needing a frame that better fits me. This old girl has been good to me but I just don't have the space to store it properly unless it is under a sheet in the garden where it is not properly protected from the elements.
Final pic from May 2020 when after 9 years I finally added some decals;
Please let me know if this would be of interest to you? I would hate for it to end up in a scrape heap as I think it has more miles left to do! I don't have any super recent pictures to hand but the bike is basically the same as you see above but with I suspect a few more cobwebs. Thankyou all, amazing forum!
I have a beloved oldskool GT Outpost that is looking for a new home where it will continue to get the love I have had for it over the years.
I am not after any money for it, just someone to collect it and hopefully continue to keep it alive and use it from time to time. It probably does need a bit of work (brake and gear cables for a start) and someone may want to customise it a bit to suit their height and weight; but I was still riding it as recently as October 2022 and other than a new chain during that year, it was basically ridable. As you will see from the below pics, the frame has basically always been too small for me hence the insanely high seat post, long handlebar stem etc. I am 5ft 11" for context. So new owner will want to consider that when considering if this is the bike for them.
I originally bought it when I was a student in May 2011 for £50. I can't get at my ebay records from that far back but remember collecting it from someone living somewhere around Southminster in Essex. It was originally black as per this first pic...
Hope this isn't going to upset too many people; but I had it professionally re-painted (stripped back to bear metal and power coated) by my friend who runs a paint shop in Basildon (Vulcan - if you want the exact history). Then my Dad and I rebuilt it and added a few new components.
[pics from June 2011]
It has had various stages of inactivity and then use, as my life has fluctuated in busyness over the last 13 years and although I have now taken up mountain biking a bit more seriously, and that has meant needing a frame that better fits me. This old girl has been good to me but I just don't have the space to store it properly unless it is under a sheet in the garden where it is not properly protected from the elements.
Final pic from May 2020 when after 9 years I finally added some decals;
Please let me know if this would be of interest to you? I would hate for it to end up in a scrape heap as I think it has more miles left to do! I don't have any super recent pictures to hand but the bike is basically the same as you see above but with I suspect a few more cobwebs. Thankyou all, amazing forum!
