First post.
Many years ago, I bought my first GT: a beautiful 94 Talera in "Purple Rain". This was stolen, and so I bought a Timberline next, put on a Mag 21 (long travel kit), a bunch of Onza parts and Shimano LX/XT parts.
The frame got replaced by a 96 Psyclone in team colours. This got stolen as well.
Next up, I got a 98 Avalanche and upgraded that with XTR/XT and Syncros parts.
This also got stolen (partially).
Now, at that time, GT had pretty much left the German market and it became difficult to get my hands on a new model. I ended up getting a German brand (Nöll) and used the parts that were left from the Avalanche and added some Tune, Hügi, and Syntace components.
Now, 15 years later, I am back in the GT fold, even convinced my girlfriend to get one (2014 GT Avalanche Comp GTW).
Anyway, this is my 2015 Avalanche Comp, with a few parts form my old bike as well as a few new components. This is work in progress.