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1980 Vista GTX77

Good looking 'goose knock off.

Grabbed this one off of CL because it had a Mongoose vinyl Snap Pad i liked. Made by Columbia Bikes I believe. Sure looks nice all cleaned up nice. And there's not one in the museum yet either so I thought I'd post it.
The rear rim was in rough shape and front hub cracked, so I rebuilt the front rim onto the rear Shimano coaster hub with the stock FAT spokes and replaced the front wheel. I also reupholstered the waffle seat with the cover off of a 70's cruiser springy seat because the original was ripped.

ALAKRAN · 2008-12-12 8:34pm

cool thanks for sharing glad you took the time to give it some love.

bonce798 · 2009-05-01 6:23am

I used to own a GTX99 in Red.

Can't find a spec of information on that old rig. It also had the goose knock off frame. My Dad bought it for me in 1980...

ericbaker · 2009-06-10 12:31am

Yah I couldn't find a mention of this thing anywhere on the vast interweb. Fun little bike though, kinda wish I didn't sell it.

jordanw97 · 2009-09-23 5:15am

That is a super cool bike!! Vista seems to be very rare. I owned one when I was a kid. It was a vista banana bike. They came in green and yellow. Mine was yellow and looked somewhat like a schwinn lemon crate. It was a 5 speed with a 16" fornt wheel. I can't find any info on it. If you know where I can find something on it please let me know.