1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour Bike check

Fully restored 1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour - Non Team model
This is going up for sale on the BMXMUSEUM so head over there to get it! Atrains89
3/88 Frame set, original forks, seat post and Dyno Pretzel handlebars.
Powder coat by C4 labs in electric blue. No dents, no dings and no repairs!
Gen 1 Tomahawk mags, restored. New ball bearings and fresh grease. Salon 50 to whiten them.
GT LP5 20 x 1.75” tires
Decals by Perfekt Decals
Dia Compe 883 Nippon front brake, restored
GT Epoch freestyle headset
Odyssey Gen 1 gyro, restored
Odyssey NOS upper gyro cable
NOS GT (IYKYK) lower gyro cable
GT gooseneck stem, restored. OG black cap.
GT pegs, restored
GT “Power Series” one piece cranks - Original finish
Tange sealed bottom bracket
GT Winged logo sprocket, 43T. Restored.
KMC 3/32” chain, new
GT Frame standers, restored
Dia Compe 990 U brake, restored
Viscount 2188 GT seat, original
GT seat clamp, 1988, restored.
Odyssey RX-3 locking levers, restored
Dia compe front brake cable
GT/Ame grips, NOS
Dicta 16T freewheel, new
HTI Hsing TA A6 pedals, restored 
GT air in the tires!

[@4by_yotaguy373]

That is one beautiful specimen. 100% perfect, I wouldn't change a thing. 👌

[@LuffLuff3737]

Fuggggggg! 10/10! Beautiful bike! 🔥🔥🔥🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

[@corrioliseffect]

Holy CRAP!!! I own that exact bike in that same color!! 1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour in electric blue with sealed mechanism mags! I found mine at Russel’s Bike Shop in Downey, CA in June, 1990, just about a month after my ‘87 Pro Performer was stolen. I still have it. Mine is in about 90% survivor condition with nearly all original parts. It came with those exact cranks, but there was a problem and the bike shop had to swap them out. There wasn’t enough thread, and the lock nut kept popping off and falling down to the pedal. The shop replaced them with newer GT Power Series 1-piece crank arms which have the logo dry-transferred in black letters similar to the 3-piece cranks. Also, I hated that stem. In ‘92 I finally found an original 1985 stamped GT block stem in white with a Potts-mod hollow bolt. My mom bought it for me ($35), and I had Bellflower Bikes install it. Unfortunately, when they did that, they also replaced the lower cable with the new, longer Gyro cable, which I never liked. I still have the original cable in my parts collection, and I know the dual cables are 4” long. I was always happy with the newly installed block stem. I thought this was the correct stem for ‘88 because that’s how the bikes are equipped in the ‘88 catalog. Not until the internet came along did I slowly realize that the new, inverted GT stem (which doesn’t appear in the catalog until ‘89) actually was factory original for ‘88. I still have the factory inverted stem and plastic cap which came with the bike, although the shaft is bent forward. The shaft on the block stem is perfect. In ‘92, when I started 9th grade, I very badly wanted to add GT Superlace wheels. These were still being sold at that time, but I couldn’t find any with the original GT hub logo. Even though they were 36-spoke hubs, they were being provided with the new GT sleek logo hub sticker of the ‘90s. I was never satisfied with this, so I ended up never buying them. I replaced the tires twice and the grips once, but I always bought the correct ones. The correct tires are the GT 20x1.75” low-profile tread, and they are all white. My last set of tires came from Albe’s mail order, which I installed before I retired the bike and switched to a ‘94 Pro Freestyle Tour Team Model, which I also still have (in pieces). The 990 is not the correct U-brake for ‘88. GT Pro Freestyle Tours, Pro Performers and Dyno Pro Comps came with a thicker U-brake from Axiom, which I bet is difficult to find today. The 990 is the better brake, though, because it offers better brake pad adjustability. My bike also has Odyssey RX-3 levers and a Dia-Compe 883 Nippon in the front. My powder coat is factory original, and is in excellent condition with no fading. My mags are pretty yellow, and so are some areas of the cable housings. The correct pegs are the first generation GT steel pegs, which go in the rear with the frame standers. The alloy pegs you have are correct for ‘87; my Pro Performer had those. My bike came with black, sealed cartridge bottom bracket bearings just like those, so I believe those are correct. 👍 Thank you for uploading your video! Stay rad! 🤙

[@atrains]

Hey bud that was a lot to unpack. Well I’m glad you liked it! As for the 990 being the incorrect u brake for 1988, that is not true. GT used the DC990 and the Axiom 767 brake through 1988-1989. When the DC990 came out in 1986 and GT started using them in 1987, many other bikes started as well, like Haro. There was a shortage of DC990 and GT needed to fill a void. The Axiom was used on the Pro Performer, PFT and the TM in 1988 but not all of them got it. I have a survivor PFTTM ‘88 that had it. I had a ‘88 PFT new when I was young that had it as well. But there are specimens out there with the DC990 from the factory.

[@corrioliseffect]

@@atrains Hey that's really interesting. I never saw an '88 GT or Dyno equipped with a 990, but I have always wondered why the Axiom was used. I used to like the Axiom better as a kid due to it's thicker, more visible look. It wasn't until my flatland days in the '90s when I realized that the 990 is really the better system. I'd really like to know why in the '89 catalog, both Pro Freestyle Tours are equipped with Nippons in the rear. I've only learned recently through seeing people's bikes on KZbin that the actual '89 Pro Freestyle Tours came with the same chain stay mounted U-brake system with the cable through the down-tube as it was on '87, '88 and '90.

[@MorbidThrasher666]

Beauty!💟

[@bmxfreestylefanatic]

Nice bike. DM me price. Thx.

[@atrains]

Hit me up on the BMXMUSEUM. Atrains89