Hey! finally something new from GT. The Sanction looks nice. I got on really well with the iDrive on some hire bikes, but having tried a Bionicon I don't know if I can spend that sort of cash without getting the adjustability....

OOOH 2008 bikes I like that! 2007 sales please please hurry up.

Aluminum monoque blimey, bikes aimed at riders with "auto correct" reading skills.

Well, the "Monoque" might get corrected on the production bikes, but "aluminum" probably won't - Americans just don't spell (or say!) "aluminium" right!

I'd quite like to give the i-drive a test ride, it looks interesting.

Looks like a camelback only bike to me.

Does look pretty, Pivots in the same place as my ID5 1.0 but abit more travel.

I prefer the old I-drive on the Ruckus still though, the pivot was higher and further back, putting more back into the stroke.


Also, Mike stand up on the pedals and notice the sag reduces, never happened on the old design, suspension performance drops of, when you really need it. But climbing out of the seat is excellent.


Bet they price themselves out of the game though, current ID5 1.0 £2100, Spec wise Less than a Spesh FSR Stumpy for £1500.

Hope Halfords, do a medium spec version, like they currently do for £900, which is just stupid money, then I'll have 1 and do some part swapping :)

THat Force looks nice

The Forces Fork Angle looks to steep also, much like the current 07 and worse still the 06 GT ID5's, to XC for All Mountain use.

The Sanction looks great angles wise though, hmmmmm.

Steep is good