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Wasn't sure what to,post today, guess will give the Avalanches a rest and come back to them later. Hmmh, how about a 1991 GT Cyclone. I got this frame off eBay on a week night closer. Not too many in the bidding and I pitty poor Karl the seller because he really deserved more for a frame this nice. It was NOS and oh was it fun to build. I'll start with some frame unpacking pics and move to the good stuff. First off the frame is a deep pearl blue. You get the light on it just right and it's got a great deep shimmer to it. On a cloudy day you would think it's black. Nothing like coming home from work kind of knowing there might be a box awaiting your arrival home from a day at work. I'm sure you've all been there. The thing about this one was I had shelves full of mostly NOS period correct parts just waiting to go on it. None of that added shopping and bidding and praying and hoping required to get the parts to start and complete a build. Just get it out of the box and on the stand and done.
The first year Cyclone frames were fillet brazed True Temper AVR and this frame does have an internal routed rear brake cable. As most of you know GT had a custom frame shop located in Longmont, CO that produced a number of their GT Tech Shop frames. In the early going it was primarily the Cyclone which in 92 became the Psyclone. They later added road frames and the complete Project 96 program USCF road bikes for the Atlanta games to their engineering and production. The Tech Shop was led by Forrest Yelverton (who by the way was still with GT until the 2012 Xizang frame project was completed) and featured a number of high quality builders including Tiemeyer, Nobilette and others.
The first year Cyclone frames were fillet brazed True Temper AVR and this frame does have an internal routed rear brake cable. As most of you know GT had a custom frame shop located in Longmont, CO that produced a number of their GT Tech Shop frames. In the early going it was primarily the Cyclone which in 92 became the Psyclone. They later added road frames and the complete Project 96 program USCF road bikes for the Atlanta games to their engineering and production. The Tech Shop was led by Forrest Yelverton (who by the way was still with GT until the 2012 Xizang frame project was completed) and featured a number of high quality builders including Tiemeyer, Nobilette and others.