Australian Mountain Bike

GT FORCE CARBON PRO

GT are an old hand in the mountain bike game. With hardtail pedigree with bikes like the Zaskar, GT can also hang their hat on what they accomplished with the LTS platform around two decades ago. Fast forward to the current day, and GT have been at the coal face, working with their Pro team to deliver winning gravity bikes. And the new GT Force is a perfect example of the fruits of this labour. With pricing starting at $5399.95 for the GT Force Carbon Elite, and $6499.95 for the GT Force Carbon Pro we have on test, the value that GT delivers cannot be argued with. But, what’s new on the bikes anyway?

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS

GT have overhauled the Force and brought the chassis inline with their DH race bike the Fury which employs the same LTS (Linkage Tuned Suspension). This linkage is a Horst link, with a higher than normal main pivot

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