Zaskar, Zaskar LE and Zaskar Race?

The price!
No I joke, I thought it was 'cos the Zaskar LE was USA built and the Race was USA built (but from better tubing). Am I wrong?

All Zaskar up to 1998 were USA made before the sold out to an asian company .

I think LE were lighter .

The Zaskar Race was the lightest frame, saving 200-300g over the other two. I'm not sure that a standard Zaskar was available in the 'ball burnished' finish.

The LE was initially a clear frame and lighter build: LE Light Edition.
The laters LE versions had some CNC parts in it, or an integrated seatpost clamp.
The later asian versions I can't tell anything about those.

the 2000 zaskar race was the lightest so far ,there seems the be some
confusion as to what it was built with ,easton,kinesis ,or something else
my 2000 race is built with deore stuff and weights 22LB my mates 2000
(labeled easton tubed) built with xt/xtr and pace forks weights 24 LBS
the thing i would like to know is the frame number/model type id
or frame charecteristics

I have a 99 Zaskar with a Made in the USA sticker adorning the down tube. This seems at odds with several threads saying from 98 onwards they weren't made in the USA

As far as I know, they were made in The USA till about 2000

The LE had a butted rear triangle where the normal (and I think all other aluminium GT's) had a plain gauge rear.

I may have lied about my bike being from 99. Frame number starts 0398. Does have the made in USA sticker on it though!!!

I believe the 99 and 2000 frames were made in the USA by SAPA. (With the complete bike final assembly completed by Omnium. They were USA built to spec in those yrs, not produced in Santa Ana. Many of the Yellow and Blue Zaskar Teams and ZR1.0's had Omnium QC stickers on the frame if you purchased a frame only. SAPA actually produced the 2008 Zaskar Re-Issue frames in their Portland, OR USA facility. There are pics floating around the web of when they were being produced.

hey-i think i may have been conned thru ebay(i know,i know,whats new? )....can ANYONE tell me how to check zaskar frame numbers? my so called zaskar has the no.KK18E0372,but now im thinking its an arrowhead-its very light,tho. and for a bonus point what about my other gt? i know it aint a zaskar,but its LYS6C14472-what the hell is it? any help appreciated muchly,ta

One way to check for a zaskar is the GT plate at the back of top tube . IF flat it is a zaskar , if rounded it is not .

as far as I know zaskar number were always on inside of left drop out :

year , month and serial number with size stamped above

9603 = march 1996 .

Partly wrong, partly right. 91-98 or 9 the serial number was the first four digits of the serial number but it was month and year i.e. 0396 march of 1996. 6061 was also stamped inside the dropouts. True about the flat cap at the back of the top tube.

pIcTuReS.....Pictures.....pICTURES Please. That will help to nail it down.
Colors don't hurt either.