More About My GT iDrive Mountain Bike

As I mentioned in my first post, I have a GT iDrive 4.0. I acquired it from my wife.. she bought back in 2001 when GT liquidated and got a killer deal. The problem was she bought a large thinking it could fit with a shorter stem. She got to ride it  several times but then from 2004 on she’s been pregnant. Once we got to Eugene she wanted to sell it and I said no way.. you’ll never replace it for the price you paid and plus.. I’d love a full suspension but can’t afford the bike I’d really like to have.

I just started riding the bike last week. I’d been waiting for things to dry up around here, plus I had a bunch of work to do on it.  Back in February, I scored a deal on some brand new WTB rims and new Avid BB7 Disc Brakes on Craigslist.. those needed to be installed. Being that my Trek hardtail got converted to a single speed.. I carried over my Shimano XT rear deraileur and XT Brake Lever / Rapid Fire Shifter combos.

Other than the wheels, shifters & brakes.. the rest of the bike is stock with with Truvitiv cranks, Fox Vanilla rear shock and Judy XC Front Shock.

The bike is pretty heavy in my opinion but I don’t mind all that much.. she rides pretty well and the excentric bottom bracket helps in retain some of the pedal power typically lost on a full suspension.  I’m still learning how to ride a FS, and I have more and more fun everytime I take her out. It’s amazing how fast and hard you can hit stuff and remain in complete control.  So that’s the skinny on my GT iDrive,  nothing too crazy… just an average bike in my opinion… that’s comfortable to ride.

You can tell I haven’t been riding in years because I pretty much have a bike that dates back to 2000… and she rides like she’s nearly brand new.