New GT 650B

**Gman** · 05-15-2013, 07:06 AM

http://spokemagazine.com/2013/05/10/gts-new-trail-bike/

boom goes the dynamite.....

**D(C)** · 05-15-2013, 07:47 AM

That's a nice looking bike.

Edit: photo removed to avoid confusion since it was of the wrong bike.

**Gman** · 05-15-2013, 08:31 AM

I can say with certainty that it doesn't look anything like that picture.

**D(C)** · 05-15-2013, 08:34 AM

Ah, got that pic from teh google. http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/05/09/...b-enduro-bike/

Carry on then.

**rideit** · 05-15-2013, 12:53 PM

It's a Voodoo Canzo!

**thebigeast** · 05-16-2013, 12:24 AM

is that a horst link?

**dfinn** · 05-16-2013, 12:51 AM

wouldn't there need to be a pivot between the chainstay and seatstay for a horst link?

**thebigeast** · 05-16-2013, 01:03 AM

im pretty sure there is.....im talking about the bike in the link not the above pictured bike
it even says a new suspension platform never seen before on a gt

**dfinn** · 05-16-2013, 08:30 AM

Gotcha. Reading is hard so I only looked at the pic.

**toast2266** · 05-16-2013, 08:43 AM

Given the shock placement, it seems like there might be something else going on beyond just a horst link.

I'm going to go ahead and call it as the return of the RTS.

**D(C)** · 05-18-2013, 06:25 AM

How about this? Looks a lot like the bike I posted before. Clearly not the same bike that's in the ad (look at the shock placement) but something's up.

**D(C)** · 05-18-2013, 10:18 AM

For those interested, lots of big-wheeled prototypes here: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Bikes-o...ld-Series.html

**thebigeast** · 05-18-2013, 10:27 AM

the prototype bike dan atherton is riding doesn't really intrigue me nearly as much as the bike in the advertisment. As a current GT carbon force owner, i am not a fan of the i-drive platform, it pedals amazingly well but it just doesn't suck up the bumps nearly as well like a enduro, bronson, slayer (pretty much anything else in the 150-160mm bike category). I am definitely curious about a new GT suspension platform, but not so much a i-drive GT with bigger wheels.

**thebigeast** · 06-04-2013, 12:08 AM

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Video-G...nd-a-Ligh.html

this bike seems pretty sweet!!

**Gman** · 06-04-2013, 06:50 AM

I'll take some photos for you guys when I'm out in Utah in a couple weeks

**kidwoo** · 06-04-2013, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by toast2266

I'm going to go ahead and call it as the return of the RTS.

Carbon is the future yo.

**hick** · 06-04-2013, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Carbon is the future yo.

Ya, it has all been done. Just wait til I release my 26.75 wheels complete with full swinga ma jiggy thingy made of paladium, gonna be 112% stiffer than anything else on the market. It will dominate the market.

I couldn't help myself, I have such a love/ hate of the bike industry.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 06-04-2013, 07:38 AM

That bike might be intriguing if they didn't show such a shitty picture of it.

**toast2266** · 06-04-2013, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Carbon is the future yo.

nah dude. thermoplastics. so hot right now.

**kidwoo** · 06-04-2013, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by hick

I have such a love/ hate of the bike industry.

For which no apology is ever needed.

**rideit** · 06-04-2013, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by hick

I couldn't help myself, I have such a love/ hate of the bike industry.

Me too. Try owning a shop to REALLY feel that way!

However, I fucking love riding my bike, riding new bikes, and building trail more than anything else in the world outside of my family. And sometimes more.

**Gman** · 06-17-2013, 08:51 AM

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/GT-2014...es-650B-S.html

pinkbike has a new feature up.

**markcjr** · 06-27-2013, 02:18 PM

Has anyone actually got any ride time on one of these? Got a line on them, not sure if they're any good.

**JeffreyJim** · 06-27-2013, 02:27 PM

Nobody has any time on these guys yet. Well worth the look though. Should eat bumps better than the Fury of old (more rearword axle path...I think). Looks fast.