GT Santa Ana Nora Cup Decals

MORALES-FIOLA FREESTYLE

Played around with photoshop to recreate the Morales-Fiola Freestyle logo based on what images I could grab off the net of Eddie Fiola and others wearing the MF team shirt.


Reference images:

 Hand Drawn Sketch:

Scanned and reworked in Photoshop:

2018-09: updated with the MF shirt that was part of Dom’s History of Freestyle book collection.

GT Superlace Coaster hub weight

Someone asked for the weight of the GT Coaster hub, so here it is... 840 grams

For Sale: GT Superlace Coaster Hub

For Sale: Boxed GT Superlace Coaster hub (show mounted).

For Sale: Superlace hubs (SOLD)

I'm selling these hubs if anyone is interested:

24" v 20"

You don't really see the size difference of a 24" compared to a 20" with individual photos, so here's a few shots of the Kuwahara 24 beside a GT Pro Performer:

The Action Zone

Finally got around to applying the new decals to the Action Zone bars and actually installing them on the GT.

For Sale: Superlace Hub

GT Superlace Front hub - Loose balled sealed mechanism (loose bearing behind a rubber cover)

 Minor bubble 2-3mm across - highlighted

Ping head bubbles, approx 4 of them (highlighted) 1mm across:

Small Ding on the inside of the hub:  5-6mm long 1-2mm wide

What looks to possible a minor ding. Very faint

GT World Tour and Action Zone decals

I'm increasingly tempted to redecal the GT back to the World Tour it was when I got it.

I built it up to replicate the Pro Performer I had back in the day, but I've deviated away a bit so may as well go a step further away.

Also, now I'd got a set of the Action Zone handlebars I thought I'd replace those decals too with ones made up in the same colours as the 1985 GT decal.

Turned out better than expected.

Just need to get a bunch of things set off for powder coating and these will be on the bike some time soon.

GT Layback surprise

I have a yellow layback seat post that I bought a few years back but never used on my GT performer build, since as I used the NOS white GT one I bought from Earlsstuff.


The yellow post had a GT decal and looked completed unused. As I couldn't see any markings or stamps on it, I assumed it was a knock off and since then it just gathered dust. Comparing it to the NOS white post I have, they looked different too, the bend was roughly the same, but the end of the seat post differed. The NOS white one had straight cut ends, while the yellow one was rounded. Anyway, I though for the hell of it I'd get the "knock off" post refinished white, so I removed the decal and through I saw a possible faint outline of a GT stamp....

A bit of paint picking later it turned out have the GT circle stamped, with CA CR-MO 4130 under the circle stamp.

       GT
       CA
CR-MO 4130

At the lower when of the post I also saw it's stamped

 ------------
   INSERT
 THIS LINE
   JAPAN @

"@" is a baseball symbol.

Also under the yellow paint and traces inside the seat post tube the Seat post is completly orange. Not day glow, but a normal orange, and no idea if that was the OG colour.

Earlsstuff has a nos 1985 white one for sale at the moment out of a GT world Tour bike kit and it has exactly the same markings.

Some pics of my post:

GT Circle stamp:

"Insert this line" marking:

Orange paint:

What's in the box???

What's in the "small parts" box?

Not small parts, that's for sure...

NOS Superlace hubs galore!