ROBINSON CRUISER-

Hi everybody, would like to discuss my bike in the forum. Will need a few parts to complete my robinson cruiser, but find it hard e.g. to find a original fork. Any ideas? Does anybody knows, if these frame/fork was sold as a complete bike or f/f only? Need information about decals, parts etc..every hint welcome!

Greetings, L.

'88 Cruiser. First year GT product with the reinforment rings around the head tube. This is also the year they switched to the leading edge forks, but I'm fairly certain that ones with the straight dropout would be concidered appropriate also. Keep an eye on Ebay and the BMX sites and you might find a pair sooner or later. As for the decals there are actually some reproduction ones floating around take a look at the '88 robinsons here in the museum to get an idea of what they look like.

Yep, serial denotes year on yours as 1988. You can try to contact that member and inquire wether those are the original forks or perhaps it was simlpy listed incorrectly. That's cats' got some serious bikes though!

just read it left to right......post it up so we can see.

GT took over Robinson in 85, so 86 was the first model year when GT had influence.  The first thing that GT did was the plate on the seat tube, which I always thought was kinda cool.  I don't know when they started adding the press-fit rings on the headtube, but apparently it was 88, which was the last year for the looptail.  BTW, those rims are Sun Chinook, which are one of my favorites (I've been running them since '93), and the hubs are either Son-Lite Turbo or very early TNT Revolver.  I'd need a closer look to say.  I'd try like hell to find the straight drop forks, but I always liked that look.