Shredding an EWS stage on a 25 year old GT mountain bike

Ric McLaughlin scares himself silly on this rigid blast from the past

Check out Ric McLaughlin shredding the gnar on this rad(ish) 25-year-old GT

Jack Luke

Published: November 22, 2017 at 2:00 pm

Watch Ric McLaughlin shred a 25-year-old GT harder than you could

We’ve just spotted this excellent video on the CRC YouTube channel that features Ric McLaughlin — presenter and ex MBUK staffer — shredding an EWS stage on a 25-year-old GT Outpost.

The bike Ric rides features a clapped-out 3x7 drivetrain, a stem that’s nearly as long as the bike's perilously narrow bars are wide and 0-whole-mm of suspension.

Out back, the Outpost is even graced with a U-brake — for those of you that don’t remember these, well, count yourself lucky…

Despite the outdated tech and essentially useless brakes, Ric does a far better job of shredding along the bike on the rocky stage than I could ever dream of managing.

Any retro mountain bikers shredding the gnar out there? Share your snaps in the comments below.

Jack Luke

Deputy editor

Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard. Jack thinks nothing of bikepacking after work to sleep in a ditch or taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. He is also a regular contributor to the BikeRadar podcast. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech, ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit, Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out stories that would otherwise go unreported. He is also particularly fond of tan-wall tyres, dynamo lights, cup and cone bearings, and skids. Jack has been writing about and testing bikes for more than six years now, has a background working in bike shops for years before that, and is regularly found riding a mix of weird and wonderful machines. Jack can also often be seen zooming about with his partner aboard their beloved tandem.
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