| GT mountain bikes are manufactured by GT bicycles. | | | | design is often seen on the hard-tail versions of |
| The company is based in America and specializes in | | | | mountain bikes produced by the company. The early |
| the production of mountain bikes. It was founded in | | | | versions brought out by the company had some |
| the year 1979. The founders of this large | | | | uncommon features as well. |
| manufacturer were Gary Turner and Richard Long. | | | | The BMX bikes made by GT had a protrusion from |
| Gary was a welding engineer while Richard owned a | | | | the top tube that extended beyond the seat tube. |
| bike shop. | | | | This was an innovation that was said to reduce the |
| The company has a history of acquisitions and | | | | conduction of vibration from the seat to the rear |
| takeovers. In the late nineties, the company merged | | | | wheel. All models have the bold GT logo on the |
| with the Schwinn Bicycle Company. The | | | | tubes. |
| conglomerate was declared bankrupt in 2001. After | | | | The buyer is spoilt for choice when it comes to GT |
| this it was acquired by a major bicycle distributor, the | | | | bikes. One can select from an array BMX bikes like |
| Pacific Cycle Inc. | | | | Vertigo, Performer and World Tour. Other models in |
| Pacific in turn was acquired by Dorel Industries in | | | | this category are Pro Freestyle Tour, El Centre, |
| 2004. Dorel is based in Quebec and specializes in | | | | Havana and Fly. |
| design and manufacturing. Among the acquisitions | | | | GT has an astounding collection of mountain bikes. |
| made by G.T itself are Auburn racing, Dyno Products | | | | Some names to reckon here are Avalanche (All |
| and Robinson Racing. | | | | mountain hardtails), Pantera (All mountain hardtails) |
| All GT mountain bikes have a distinctive feature in | | | | and the full suspension RTS. GT also manufactured a |
| the form of the three triangle frame design. The | | | | series top of the line track bicycles. |