Hello. I spent my winter break from study re-building an old friend/sometime foe. I've spent loads of time drooling over the bikes on this forum, particularly the early GT's; I thought I'd contribute, albeit in a selfish way. I scrimped and saved and bought this bike complete in 1992 and it's had a few different builds (and uses) over this period. This time I resolved to give it the parts that I always wanted but couldn't afford, i.e. XTR. It's not catalog correct and I'm still looking for some bits and pieces to finish it off close to such (or as a '92/'93 mix) but I thought I'd put it up and share the shine! Thanks for looking.

Nice! Those are indeed shiny pictures .

I recognize the feeling of being able to buy bikes/frames/parts you could afford back in the day, I love it !

Very nice......!!

And think you got that bike spot on... Just needs some 21's or pace now

awesome! 91 92 zaskars are few and far between in australia! i like your build, very nice. suspension forks! no way! the rigid steel GT fork is perfect!

(i want a rigid fork for mine one day once i track one down)

thanks for your comments. first sunny day in a while! I did think about mag 21's (was the GT suspension spec option BITD...) but just another thing to constantly be scouring for parts over. When I finally put suspension on this bike, in the late 90's, a crack developed under the steerer tube (hence the additional welds and support) so don't want to risk it again. I always liked the raw feel this bike had rigid anyway. When you ride it well, it rewards you, otherwise it's a rough ride! I think you're correct Merckx with the lack of these in Oz. I haven't seen any around in Adelaide for years, even as commuters. Initially I had to settle for an 18" but was lucky to swap frames soon after purchase with a friends 16". I remember being told there was a limited supply when I bought it in 1992. If I see any decent forks in my travels I PM you... cheers.

Nice work, period correct and looking great.

Very Nice....a great example.....

yep, very nice that.

Early U'brake Zaskars are coool.

It looks racy, very nice bike.

I'm biased because my Zask looks just like yours......but......your Zaskar looks...

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SUPERB. UTTERLY FANTASTIC.

thanks all. yes keithb i do like the look of your Zaskar and it's good to see your using it. I'm waiting to see if some 2 x 4 forks nevadasmith has sent me are going to fit. My gut feeling is I'm going to be a few mm short of thread... Really want to get this bike back to how it started life, take some more happy snaps and start riding it again to keep me honest.