GT Bicycles is proud to announce its new BMX team program called “The Project.” This progressive team is made up of ten riders from around the world who were selected through an online contest held on the Vital BMX website. Members of the Vital BMX website community were invited to upload a video featuring their riding and a short interview as their contest entry. GT received over 200 videos and selected the top 10 riders to be part of the new GT Project team. The riders span across the planet from the UK, Australia and all over the US. GT has developed a new dirt / street frame of the same name (The Project), available exclusively to the selected Project riders, to support this program.
“This is a great opportunity for talented riders that haven’t been discovered yet to ride a great bike, and to be part of our family,” said
Chuck Fallon, GT BMX Team Manager.
“This is how BMX got started back in the day, and this is what BMX is really all about.”
“We’ve been very selective,” continued
Fallon, who was in charge of identifying and selecting Project riders,
“… and we’re looking for style, passion and depth in a rider – it’s not enough to be a strong rider; they need to appropriately represent the sport and the GT brand.” 
The Project provided GT with an opportunity to build the new Project frame, which was designed by GT’s BMX Senior Product Manager,
Robert Kahler, GT pro rider
Dave Dillewaard and
Fallon.
“The Project frame is designed for street and dirt riding, because kids ride everything – not just dirt and not just street,” explained
Kahler.
“It comes with removable Oryg tabs, a 21inch top tube, and weighs in at 5 pounds.” For now, these frames are available exclusively to Project riders.
GT Project riders receive a custom-made Project frame, t-shirts, hats, and decals. Riders are expected to provide content to GT Bicycles for the Web site (photos, videos, blogs, info about their favorite places to ride, tricks they’ve learned, etc.).
The GT Bicycles website will launch the pages dedicated to the GT Project on June 15th.
The Project provided GT with an opportunity to build the new Project frame, which was designed by GT’s BMX Senior Product Manager, Robert Kahler, GT pro rider Dave Dillewaard and Fallon. 
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