GT KARAKORAM, 1996

Finally, I get to own a legend of its time. A GT Karakoram. Back in the 90s, this bike with the unique tripple triangle took the MTB world by storm with this radical and yet sturdy,solid design. The design lasted till today. Although the new GTs are aluminium or alloy frames, the good old steel is still my favourite.
I bought the frame together with the stem online for SGD$200. The frame has been sun baked, thus the colour faded unevenly. I'm still trying to find the right rigid fork to complete the bike. Hopefully, fate will let me ride this legend again....

The previous owner changed the headset to a threadless one. I'm still trying to find a rigid fork, hopefully something similar and replace the headset to one meant for threaded fork.

Love the stickers that screams 'Tange"...

Managed to find a pair of NOS Diacompe centre pull brakes. FS990. Going to find another pair, which I believe to be AD990 originally used by this model. 

Apache Pinto head badge

Apache Pinto head badge, originally uploaded by the_meadows21.

Bought the cool looking head badge sometime back and finally got the time to post it online. The brand is Apache Pinto. Any idea which bike it belongs to? It's NOS.

Head badges..

Head badges.., originally uploaded by the_meadows21.

Started to collect head badges. The more I look at them, the more it grows on me. I not sure why, but, a bike without a head badge is akin to a man without his manhood. SERIOUS. It's what identifies the bike and the entire 'package'.