Sure sounds pretty bleak…
Unfortunately, the brand / company has really been lost since Richard Long died way back in the 90’s. They were able to ride a wave of innovation and momentum that had been build under him for a few year, but by the late 90’s, they were bought by Scott Sports Group and from then on, corporate chaos reigned. They were lost without a strong, consistent leader to guide the path.
Iconic brand in so many ways, not the least of which was BMX and Freestyle.
I need to dig in, but the whiff I caught on FB is not encouraging. 
Not even a little bit. I don’t see much chance they pull out of this. A strategy of selling off existing inventory and not introducing any new models screams of liquidation.
Perhaps this will end up like the phoenix moment they had after the first MTB boom/bust, but I am less optimistic about them rebounding this time with the general uncertainty that seems the norm in the industry right now.
I’ve owned a number of great GT bikes over the years and valued what they did for the cycling world. Not the least of which is the nearly life-long support of Hans Rey who indirectly taught me how to ride trials. I watched and rewatched his VHS videos countless times in my formative years. GT helped make that possible and I am forever grateful for what I learned from that time.
I don’t have a picture of my trials bike handy, but these blue ones are the first production model with a silver one the following year. Super limited run size for both years.
My first ‘real’ bike looked a lot like this except red with a rigid fork. It was a bike we used to ride around the pits at the local motocross races. When I was 15 years old, I was feeling adventurous and took it for an hour-or-so ride on the local backroads. I felt like I had gone a hundred miles and was so proud of myself. I remember the feeling of that first ride vividly and can pinpoint it as the beginning of a bike obsession going on almost 20 years now. The brand of bike didn’t exactly matter, but I still associate GT with that feeling. Thanks, GT!
Dyno was always so cool to me.
And just a few weeks ago I donated my GT jersey to the local second hand bike shop. Some one will score a classic.
I remember there bikes in the 90s, made me want to start riding
GT aggressor
So sad, hopefully they can come back. Somehow someway. Didn’t the same thing happen to redline years ago?
My first “real” bike was a dyno vfr, my friend had the gt vertigo. I hope this isn’t a trend of what’s to come.
I got nearly the same bike. First “real” mtb.
Yep, this makes me kinda sad, even if the company name was shambling along like a zombie for the past decade or two. Back in my “steel is real” days, the Zaskar was the only aluminum bike I ever lusted after. Man, that thing was cool.
I had a Dyno Compe and my mate got a GT Performer, our first BMX’s in 1995 
A customer bought this to me many years ago for a service! I stood scratching my head for five mins, before I could process what I was actually looking at 
My first real bike was the Dyno VFR as well. I still remember getting it for Christmas back in 1995.
Sad to see. Raced mostly GT 20"/Cruisers in BMX throughout the 80’s and raced a GT Zaskar mountain bike in the mid 90’s.
A sad day to see GT going
