GT Pro Freestyle Tour Team, 1988 model: History & Rebuild breakdown.

[@robg112]

I went 86 GT Performer to a 88 GT chrome Vertigo.. As a kid did not have the funds to get a FS Team. Your very fortunate. My favorite trick to do was Hang Fives

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

I was fortunate to get the PFST back in 88's because I was 20 years old and working :) Both bikes you had were still cool though and hang fives I never learned but could front yard in circles. Had a fear of going over the bars with the hang 5s lol!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Retired! Pshhh, unreal. I'd be riding that gem. 😜 Beautiful bike man! You're lucky. 😎

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thanks a lot :) I do take it out occasionally but only do easy tricks, my EF Proformer is my rider for flat etc.

[@FoxRob93]

I have my Mongoose Decade I bought in 1986, just got it back from a friend who had been holding it for me for the past 23 years. I'm going to be restoring mine once I get a few rides back on it. I have GT padded sea ton my bike.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Great! Always liked the Mongoose Decade and brilliant to get back your original bike, enjoy and best of luck with the restoration!

[@redpill3145]

Nice to see your the original owner

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Yes, I'm very fortunate to have kept it in storage :)

[@Eigelbse]

Very cool bike. It was Godlike to ride a bike like this one. Back in 88` and still in 2022.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thank you, still never forget the day it arrived back in 88' putting it together and riding it for the first time and then rebuilding gave me the same thrills :)

[@corrioliseffect]

I’ve got an ‘88 Pro Freestyle Tour. Mine’s electric blue with mags. I got it in June, 1990 a month after my ‘87 Pro Performer was stolen. It was a lucky find, being that I loved ‘87 so much. Mine isn’t a team model, but it’s in very good shape. I added a 1985 block stem in ‘92 to make it look like the bikes in the ’88 catalog.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Always great to hear that people still have their original bikes from back in the day. Sorry that your 87 got stolen though :(

[@corrioliseffect]

@@Mickchillagegainford01 Yep, I’ve also still got my ‘89 Jr. Performer (blue) and a ‘94 Pro Freestyle Tour Team Model (chrome). The ‘94 is all in pieces, though, as this was when my flatland days were starting. Ride on!

[@jamiejackson8530]

Cool bicycle I have a 1983 gt Nora cup and ride it every day it still has the original parts on it other than the seat for confert love the classic bmx bike

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Nice bit of BMX history with your GT and glad you ride it every day! So, its 40 years old this year :)

[@jamiejackson8530]

@@Mickchillagegainford01 yes it s a gt Nora cup in excellent condition

[@kidwilson3357]

Great video. I still have my 87! Awesome you have kept it so long.

[@alexechilman]

Kid Wilson is a legend!!! I’m a subscriber loved the build of your blue gt again brilliant to see that you’ve owned it from day 1 keep up the riding I still ride mine!!

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thanks Chris :) Such sentimental value and an Iconic bike!

[@vinceruland9236]

Love it. I'm working on an 88 mach one now. Already have an 84 expert. GT was always my favorite

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thanks Vince, enjoy the Mach One build :)

[@AmazingChinaToday]

Nice bike! Colony Exon v2 pegs are very similar. You should ride the bike, enjoy it!

[@MorbidThrasher666]

It should be nice to still own this after all these years. Id go ahead and throw the missing og parts on it to hang on the wall since its retired. MY 87 PFT is Dayglo Yellow and the only one in that color.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

I may eventually get the final OG bits at some point.

[@csj9619]

Wow man, that's about as good as it gets. I really, really like chrome bikes. Nice job holding on to it all this time. There's a couple bikes I've had that I'd love to have now.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thank you, yes I'm super fortunate to have kept it and then to have had the time and some spare cash for the rebuild :)

[@skyelee9398]

Now that’s a beauty. 👍👍

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Many thanks, glad you like it :)

[@naturalaspired]

Cool!

[@teshuvahemmet3036]

I like that 🚲 bike good job 👍

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Cheers, glad you like the job on the bike :)

[@alexechilman]

I enjoyed that!!

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thanks Alex! Nice to know it was worth while putting it together :)

[@alexechilman]

@@Mickchillagegainford01 Mike that’s worth every second putting her back together,and the backstory of her is absolutely fantastic really enjoyed sitting watching and listening,brilliant work she looks stunning 👍🏻

[@miketurner4610]

Very cool. I too have my 1988 PFTTM and am just now in the process of getting ridable again. I do kick myself now for all the parts I took off and lost seeing the prices on Ebay these days. Regarding the front fork standers, I would like to believe I had the cool GT fork standers but all the old pics I have when the bike was new show odyssey fork stander on the bike. I built the bike from the box and can't recall which fork standers it had. Do you know if GT may have used those also when new?

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the vid. To the best of my knowledge, only the GT standers where used, however there have been some anomolies on parts coming out of the factories. My bike came out of the box with a standard stem bolt [Not hollow] ha ha. Best of luck with your rebuild!

[@williamgainford9332]

Mick - i can let u have a good eska from the mid 70s - my old one with the lengthened forks should be worth at least 20 euros lol

[@ralfwith57bmx]

Yeaa cool Bike. .....is this frame built in Japan?🔧very nice time from germany 😉look my new oldschool pegs😉

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

I hear lots of discussions regarding certain era GT frames that were built in Japan lately, I don't know the exact facts but the frame is stamped 12/87 so it was built in Dec 87' At the time of ordering this bike from new in early summer of 1988 my understanding/belief was that this was a Huntington Beach USA built Frame & fork.

[@ralfwith57bmx]

@@Mickchillagegainford01 Ok...😉 a nice Time from germany

[@paulchambers969]

Hello. Do you still have the hub for sale.

[@Mickchillagegainford01]

Hi Paul, unfortunately, I'm not selling the coaster hub if that's what you mean? The original rear freewheel Superlace hub was probably in the bag of parts I chucked out many years ago :(