This really hits me hard. I like Trek's (I have two of them), but I worked in bike shops in the late 80's and early 90's and really always loved the GF brand. He had some great mountain bikes throughout the years: The original do anything Montare, the Composite Alum main triangle/cro mo stay CR-7, the original Tange Prestige framed Pro Caliber...etc, etc. To me it's like an era passing away.
I guess things (and corporations) change though. Closing are the days of the original small mountain biking pioneer bike makers like Fishers, Cunninghams, Ritcheys, Breeze etc.
Sigh............