https://www.ebay.com/itm/GT-Olympic-Track-Pursuit-Frame-61cm-56cm-Fixed-Gear-Time-Trial-Pista-Yamaguchi/263830727849 FOR SALE!! Finally got one... Picked it up at a swap meet from an older hippy. Apparently it was built for the US Olympic team under Yamaguchi (maybe?) to test out new geometries as well as get the riders prepared for GT's Super Bikes. This specific bike has been in multiple art museums. Blue paint was splattered on all the decals by the previous owner, so I'll have to scrub that off at some point.
Frame:
GT Olympic Team Pursuit, Reynolds 853
Fork/Headset:
Reynolds, DA 7600
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Sugino 75 CHCD, Sugino 75
Pedals:
Time Atac Carbon
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
50t Sugino 75 CHCD, 17t cog, Super Toughness
Saddle/Seatpost:
Yellow Concor, Kalloy
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Campy laced to Sun Rims ME14A
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
DA 7600 to TB14 with Deda Gumwalls
Bike History
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Current Stage Info:
hehe finally got some CHCD's
Added by SillyGooseCookie. Last updated over 5 years ago.
As of over 5 years ago, SillyGooseCookie has indicated that they no longer own this bike.
66 Comments
what's the seat tube c-t? It's a beauty, do you still have the second CHCD?
Posted about 9 years ago
Definitely one of the raddest frames I've ever seen, and the build does it justice. Good job, also I wanna say the risers and Sugino CHCD build is insane
Posted over 9 years ago
You're the only other person I've seen that has one. Not as uncomfortable as I expected. Mine isn't technically trach tho.
Posted over 9 years ago
Without doubt, one of my favourite builds of all. It's got everything, triple triangles, 24 inches... just needs risers again.
Posted about 10 years ago
Thanks! You've got some of the raddest bikes I've ever seen, especially that Corima. and it'll definitely see the risers again :)
Posted about 10 years ago
Ha cheers man, yeah I love the corima, when I found it, it had been sat in a shed for more than 10 years, was in a sorry state with shitty miche gear and a quill adapter. People on here look at it and think I've perverted a classic, I reckon I rescued it!
Posted about 10 years ago
Oh man, I gotta hear the whole story on how you found the Corima! If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it? And I think some people really need to chill out, bikes are meant to be enjoyed and ridden. I personally think it looks totally badass with the risers.
Posted about 10 years ago
It was on eBay, collection only from some back water town in Yorkshire, took 3 trains to get there and pick it up. Think I won the auction for the full bike for about £380? I've got the photos from the eBay ad saved on my laptop keep meaning to post them on here. Exactly the point, it's a fun bike to ride to the pub on a sunny day, or on a cruise. I have LA84s and an ergostem as well, but it's like a 62cm TT I think so pretty long!
Posted about 10 years ago
That's crazy cheap! if for some reason you'd want to sell or trade it ever, lemme know!
Posted about 10 years ago
To be honest plan is to slowly build it up into a period correct-ish build with lots of Corima and French parts, keep it with risers as a pub bike, then if I ever need cash to shift it on ebay to some rich collector.
Posted about 10 years ago
Also this GT made me want to build up my Daccordi instead of trading it.
Posted about 10 years ago
HHSB mode with the black LA's and the rolls - that's hella bauss! Not feeling the starfishes, looks out of place and doesn't meld good enough with the rest of the build. Would fuck with the Campy BMX cranks though.
Posted about 10 years ago
thanks! I'm kinda diggin the starfishes so far, and they would've been original to the bike. Well, that or DA 7600 depending on the year it was being ridden. The BMX's are fun cranks, but I've been considering selling them since right now they're just sitting around.
Posted about 10 years ago
Tell me more about the bmx cranks @ thrustlfgss at gmail com. Like how much.
Posted about 10 years ago
This is an awesome bike but it was not built by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi never built a single GT.
It's a myth.
Posted over 10 years ago
Thank you! And I'll admit it's wishful thinking to believe that this was a Yamaguchi-built frame, I'm just going off of what the previous owner told me. But Yamaguchi did build GT's for the US team, as well some of the Huffy-branded carbon/aluminum olympic frames for the 84 Olympics. And it's no coincidence that some of the GT pursuit and tt bikes share the same tubing and geometry as Yamaguchi's Kilo TT's
Posted over 10 years ago
False.
He did not build a single GT for the US team.
I personally talked with him for hours about it when I took his 2 week frame building class.
Here is an email to a great friend of mine from Koichi....
Hello.
I never built frame under GT brand. But I work with USAC/USCF '88~2004(USA Cycling Association. Former US Cycling Federation) at the time did work with GT. but my job is mostly consultant for the US national team bikes.
Back then, GT had a small custom frame factory in Longmont Colorado run by Forrest Yelverton. This shop are only built steel frames. Ti and Alu. Frame are from CA GT factory. Mr. Tiermeyer are assignd for built Aluminum time trial frame.
Road frames: 93~96 GT national team bikes use True Temper. 97~2000 GT bike are Reynolds tubing.
GT's Sr# start with USA are made for the national team use.
National team GT road fork offsets are 45mm. With internal fork crown, raked fork blades (not straight blades) and Henry James dropouts
I hope this info help you.
Good luck for rebuilding this bikes.
Koichi Yamaguchi
Posted over 10 years ago
Not trying to be a dick.
This bike was not made by Yamaguchi.
It's a cool, rare bike with a story behind it.
But I have found it's a myth people would like to believe to make a frame more valuable on eBay. Great for the seller. Bad for the owner.
Posted over 10 years ago
huh, I guess no one would know better than Mr. Yamaguchi himself! Thank you very much for the information! I guess some of the team bikes were built with him as a supervisor or something. And don't worry, it's not a dick move to pass on useful information. Love your disc KHS btw!
Posted over 10 years ago
one silly question. is it easy to do a wheelie on a bike like this? hahaha. really awesome man, diggin those gumwalls
Posted over 11 years ago
Thanks. I'm terrible at doing wheelies, so I wouldn't know. It seems like it would be harder though, since more of your weight is over the front wheel.
Posted over 11 years ago
Love this. Great find. I hope to own a Yamaguchi GT at some point. Was surprised to see this didnt have the usual red/white/blue paintjob. Killer either way though.
Posted over 11 years ago
Thanks. It would have been cool in red white and blue, but the blue's nice too.
Posted over 11 years ago
you see this? too big for me but might be closer to your size: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaguchi-GT-Pu...
Posted almost 11 years ago
"Hello.
I never built frame under GT brand. But I work with USAC/USCF '88~2004(USA Cycling Association. Former US Cycling Federation) at the time did work with GT. but my job is mostly consultant for the US national team bikes.
Back then, GT had a small custom frame factory in Longmont Colorado run by Forrest Yelverton. This shop are only built steel frames. Ti and Alu. Frame are from CA GT factory. Mr. Tiermeyer are assignd for built Aluminum time trial frame.
Road frames: 93~96 GT national team bikes use True Temper. 97~2000 GT bike are Reynolds tubing.
GT's Sr# start with USA are made for the national team use.
National team GT road fork offsets are 45mm. With internal fork crown, raked fork blades (not straight blades) and Henry James dropouts
I hope this info help you.
Good luck for rebuilding this bikes.
Koichi Yamaguchi"
Posted over 10 years ago
damnnn bro you finally got one! my question: what size? where did you got this? and what about Parlee? LOL
Posted over 11 years ago
The sizing is really strange, but it works out to be about a 61cm. And I got it from some guy at a swap meet where I was a vendor. And I sold enough stuff to just about break even at the swap meet, so I'm still saving for the Parlee.
Posted over 11 years ago
but it looks small though but actually its a big frame. hm okayyy
Posted over 11 years ago
Well it's 56 c-c seattube with a 66 c-c top tube (but a 61 c-c horizontal top tube).
Posted over 11 years ago
no way thats a long long top tube bro, with 140 stem? damnn. but its lugless!
Posted over 11 years ago
I'll switch the stem out to like a 90 or 100mm with bullhorns so the reach won't be quite as long
Posted over 11 years ago
thats good, I think the bullhorns might be Cinelli LA84 would be great on these
Posted over 11 years ago
I'm hoping to one day assemble a full Mavic group for it (including the 24" front disc) so I'll probably run Mavic bullhorns.
Posted over 11 years ago
Because it would have been originally built up with Mavic parts.
Posted over 11 years ago
niceee!
looks like the pursuit version of the current GT I'm riding on...still haven't posted it yet though!
mine doesn't have the cutouts in the drop outs that yours has :/
Posted over 11 years ago
Post it! And your dropouts must be the SFP-10's not the UFP-10's like these ones (if they're Shimano)
Posted over 11 years ago
in due time!
it's still in an awkward stage...with borrowed parts, along with some ehh parts. it deserves to be displayed in all it's glory and right now it's built to be rideable. and I actually need to double check on the drop outs to see if they say shimano. if it did, would it be yamaguchi built? just asking cuz mine looks really similar to this frame minus pursuit geo
Posted over 11 years ago
wow crazy frame, does it 'fit' you? what i mean is will it have risers or drops?
Posted over 11 years ago
I think I can get it to fit decently well. The top tube actual is 66cm C-C, but the virtual is 61cm C-C, so it fits like a 61. I'll run both pursuit bars and risers, depending on how much reach and drop I want. Drops would be too crazy!
Posted over 11 years ago
after Schwinn and Shogun and now Yamaguchi! wow nice collection.
great stem btw!
Posted over 11 years ago
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Hello I have another frameset like this one for sale for anyone interested. 61cm C-T seat tube. includes velocity Uriel 520 clincher front wheel.
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