The bars are yellow as well. The bar-ends are well worn! That is a Ti linkage. The boys at the GT booth at sea otter classic in 2013, confirmed that fact. Everyone in the booth loved this bike I must say. You can also the Grip-shift (X-Ray) shifters. The shock is a Rock Shox unit that came with the frame from GT. I find it interesting that there is only "GT" and not "all GT terra" graphics on the bottom main tube like the Hard tail bikes like the Zaskar, Avalanche, etc. This is the way the stickers came from the factory, back in the day.