light, agile, great components, Performance Bikes are great on sale and service

unusual looks and paint (white, red & black) but i'm getting to like it; GT not premium brand but part of Canondale and great value

actually it's the 2008 model with SRAM Rival all round and shimano 105 wheels. what value for a full carbon with premium components - i wasn't sure of GT but with a great frame, plus richey all-carbon fork and seat post it was a steal. bike weighs 17.3lb with pedals. rides fast and light with good handling and fizik airone saddle is perfect for me. i almost went back and bought a second as back-up.

Seat mast, tapered fork, and the internal cable routing are all very nice touches.

Hard to find in bike shops.

This review is actually for the '09 GTR Carbon Pro bike. I just picked it up today so I haven't ridden it yet but it is a beautiful bike, I love it. The new seat mast looks very nice but Ritchey probably could've done a better job with the weight of the seat clamp. The tapered fork looks like it hold better than their '07 and '08 models.

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'07 GTR Carbon Rival, BMC Streetfire, Klein, Colnago, Cannondale

-Light weight for the money (17lb for a 54cm)
-Solid components(SRAM Rival Top to bottom)
-Decent enough wheelset Mavic Ksyrium (No Shimano R500's).
-Brand name kit all around. Ritchey Pro for fork, bar/stem & seatpost.
-Unique styling on the tubes makes the bike very distinctive that belies its sub 2k price point.

-Not a well known road bike brand...GT's more of a mountain/BMX brand
-No carbon weave (Fewer bikes seem to have this each year)
-Questionable warranty (Not sure how long GT will survive in its current form)
-Fizik Arionne saddle - not wearing so well and a bit hard on me at least
-Rival Crankset too short. Swapped for a 172.5mm after I noticed the 170's were giving me problems at 5'10".
-Small amount of play in Mavic Ksyrium front wheel (not really the GT's fault)

Perfect starter/midrange bike right out of the box. Put 800 miles on it thus far when I actually find time to get out on it. Mostly city riding so the carbon frame gets a work out but I can't roll up the miles as quickly as some. Coming from a mountain biking background the stiffness definitely takes some getting used to but the frame doesn't beat me up too badly.

Love riding it so much my Scott Spark has been sitting collecting dust ever since I bought this. Planned to get a matching CR1 to go w/ the Spark originally but the GT proved just too good of a deal and rode just as well. The GT even came in 1lb lighter than the Scott.

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-Scott CR1
-Fuji Pro Carbon
-Trek Madone

Corners great, stiff, very comfortable

did not like the color scheme, came in white, with green and black highlights

The GT Pro frameset was light and the carbon soaks up the road. One of the best carbon frames I have owned. Corners on rails and found it great for crits. Sad to see they decided to start making this frame with an integrated seatpost this will make sizing permanent. Great frameset and I put it up there with my favorite specialized sworks sl. You cannot go wrong with the sram force, which is the group I installed with the frame.

Light
Stiff for sprints and climbing
Good ride quality
Amazing parts spec for the $
Incredilble bang for the buck.
Looks great!

Arione saddle, but I know people that love them.

Actually this is a 2008 bike. It looks great with the White and Red paint scheme with about half the carbon fiber clear coated. The Sram Rival components work great. Mine came with Ksyrium Equipe wheels. The full Ritchey Pro cockpit is very comfortable. The Fizik Arione saddle is great but not my favorite so I swapped it. Also put on White bar tape. 17 lbs. off the shelf without peddles. Similarly equiped bikes I looked at were $800 - $1500 more. I,ve put about 500 miles on it already and am very pleased.

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Lemond Beunos Aries

The bike handle's well. No problem spinning or crushing up the hill, Stand up and deliver. I am not a great sprinter, but the bike will do the job. Light Weight....17 lbs. I rode some flats and the bike was comfortable....it was easy to keep a nice average speed. Love the frame, it feels strong and durable.

I have not seen a weakness thus far. Unless being pretty is weak.

Just purchased the bike. I have done a couple of rides on the bike and it is a great bike. Yeah....lets pay $5000 for a like bike....whatever. It has a Cane Creek Head, Ritchie Seatpost and Handlebars, The frame is beautiful, Sram Rival components, Shimano 105 Wheels, and I put on Gatorskins for the rough roads I end up on sometimes. If you are a rider who is looking for a well setup competitive bike without spending your bank account.....You will be happy with this purchase.

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Trek, Specialized, Fuji, Cannondale.