GT Zaskar LE - BITD

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I thought that you might be interested in seeing some 'blurry' pictures of my old GT Zaskar - unfortunatley these are all I have as I sold it over 10 years ago.. although I wish I hadn't now of course!

I used this bike for two racing seasons, having spent an inordinate amount of time and money building it up over the summer / winter of 1995/1996. In all, I spent the best part of £2,600 building this at the time... :facepalm:

I took part in the BMBF, NEMBA and local MEMBA MTB events racing in the Sport Category. My wife competed on her own Zaskar in the Expert Category and rode for a sponsored MTB team called Double A Cycles. They were the days!!
 

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Re: GT Zaskar - BITD

The full spec for my Zaskar was as follows:

Zaskar LE - Ball Burnished frame
Mavic Headset
Pace RC35 MXCD forks
USE Seatpost
Flight Saddle
Answer ATAC handlebar stem
Answer Bars
X-Lite Bar Ends
X-Lite Titanium canti bolts
XT Rapidfire Shifters
XT Cantis
XT Front and Rear Mechs
XT Cassette
XT Bottom bracket
Hope 'Bid One' front hub with snowflake spokes and Mavic 217 SUP rim
Hope 'Hyperglide' rear hub on Mavic 217 SUP rim
Middleburn RS3 Cranks with red, silver and blue rings

...one day I will build a replica... time, money and space depending!!
 
Very nice...like the use of red/blue ano parts together...I had the same theme on my old Pace rc200 I used for xc racing.....umm,might even do the same to my pace I'm building now :D
 
N I C E !!

Only had mine about 3 yrs but I suspect I'll be buried with it (no chance of selling).
 
Great minds think alike.

I built a Zaskar LE to a very similar spec in 94 /95 / 96. I could not afford Pace forks, but chose Shocktech (imitation Pace) forks instead. These were later replaced with Marzocchi XC700's.

Fortunately, I still have mine, although I have recently had to rebuild the forks and replace the Hope front hub when some over enthusiastic riding on rocky downhill trails proved too much for them both.
 
NeilM":3jn6u75e said:
Great minds think alike.

I built a Zaskar LE to a very similar spec in 94 /95 / 96. I could not afford Pace forks, but chose Shocktech (imitation Pace) forks instead. These were later replaced with Marzocchi XC700's.

Fortunately, I still have mine, although I have recently had to rebuild the forks and replace the Hope front hub when some over enthusiastic riding on rocky downhill trails proved too much for them both.
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Yes, I had Shocktech forks before the Pace... My wife was actually sponsored by them too!
 
I still have my Shocktech's, but the elastomer has turned into a green goo puddle at the back of my bench.
 
Ahhhh the good old dayz

Those photos are pure 90's porn!
Gotta say compared with modern digital snaps they're crap. . . .
But we just somehow excepted that as normal, and were content to be able to take
just a dozen or so and then wait a week to get them back via the post :LOL:

That front rim is something else,
How many stickers did you stick on it? :LOL:
 
Very similar to mine from back then too - I had blue Hope hubs, red Toplines, early Hope hydraulic disc up front and as much anno as I could lay my hands on.
 
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