Dan Conway: GT x SMF section.
Profile Racing’s Legacy: Week 26, 1994.
By 1994, Profile was contracted by GT to make cranks for their subsidiary brand, Powerlite. Considering these were a higher end version compared to their current stock made overseas, the 3-Piece Powerlite cranks were predominately for their higher end complete bikes. To differentiate Powerlite from GT, we kept the more […]
Profile Racing’s Legacy: Week 22, 1990.
In mid 1990, Richard Long (the business partner in GT Bikes) was planning a trip to South Florida. While on the trip, he asked Jim Alley if he’d be willing to meet up to discuss a possible business venture. At the time, GT had their 3-piece cranks manufactured in Taiwan […]