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dayride
I don't know of Greg or Stu will chime in on this. Why didn't GT or Redline ever come out with a Signature frame for these guys? They were probably the two most popular guys in the sport. Other companies did them for their riders.
pk ripped
Thats a darn good question. SE and Huffy had Stu frames and SE had the GH Flyer but Redline and GT are what are most associated with those two. Those companies could have really raked it in too.
AndyDiamond
Good question.

Well technically the Proline/Carerra was 'Stu's bike' and Redline did make a signature Stu handlebar.

Would have made sense for GT.
Just get a GHP - they have Greg signature all over them - lol.

omartcruisers
Good question. Gary Ellis rode for GT forever and they never made a Lumberjack frame. Has GT ever done a signature frame for BMX?
dayride
Cycle Pro even did a Greg Hill frame. Almost every other company had a signature frame:
D-Back-Harry Leary
SE-PK Ripper, OM
CW-Pistol Pete
Thruster-Judge, Burrows
Hutch-Hollywood, Judge
JMC-DY, AP
Mongoose-Eric Rupe
Profile-Shelby James

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head. Like was said above I bet a ton of those frames would have sold.
pk ripped
SE had waay more signature frames than that...Henderson Hauler, The Bronco (Rod Beckering), DB-IV (Derek Brown), JU-6 (Jeff Uttterback)...but yeah you are right, signature frames were a huge way to get your name out there...might be a good question for Stu at Rockford.
Outrunm
I wonder if it was coincidence that GT introduced the Interceptor a few years after they parted ways with Nelson Chanady. If someone thought of him when naming the bike, that was a rotten thing to do.
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