Recent content by Jason Cook

Hi all! Im an avid zaskar collector and two have popped up near me both fairly priced, wondering which is more ‘rare’ there’s a 97 cosmic black zaskar 18” frame or a odd blue not ink blue but not teal zaskar fully built! Neither have I seen in these colours before! Anyone got any info on black...

Re: Damn you guys are good, attack force go!!

Are these retro hope hubs... wasn’t aware hope made a carbon hub in the 90s

Re: Yeah that was the plan... but over night have been thinking the same would I trust 20 year old Kevlar weave! Kind regards, Jason

Re: Hey ladies! ;) I’m uk based found a chap out in the states who has some carbon hubs has anyone got a trashed on as I’m after the metal part that has the eyelets on as these have damaged eyelets on one side!

Re: Thanks for the replies lads! I’m defiantly going to think about a 1x9 although i would like a group set that is designed for this is SRAM xo the only option I have I kinda want it to look super clean Kind regards, Jason

Hi guys! So you that have seen my previous posts know I’m a scrub although tanacious none the less! I have my two price and joy retro restored Zaskars altough I have a 1994 20” that I just haven’t got any use for I would be looking to sell although I’m using for commuting in style at the moment...

Re: Thank you so much! That’s amazing news I was actually going to strip my z3 QR20’s and polish and funnily enough I have some damaged 97-98 z1’s so I might swap the centres whoop whoop!! Do they have differed travel these are 110mm my z1 bams are 130mm I believe :S

Re: Hi! Thanks for your reply! Sorry I think I may of confused you... I understand they have a quick realease by through axle although was wondering what the difference between the z1 QR20 / z2 QR20 and the z3 QR20 :S

Hello again! Anyone know the difference between marzocchi’s circa 1998-2000 z1, z2, z3 QR20’s? (Thru-axel) I’m pretty familiar with their normal normal skewer forks such as z1 BAM etc being that z1 had longer travel for DH, z2 has shorter travel for XC and z3 had a lower build quality although...

Re: Heheyyy, that looks pretty sweet I have some auto sol knocking about I’m on my way to screw fix to grab some buffing pads as we speak!! I’ll post some images of my findings ^.*

Re: Hi! Thanks for your reply and words of wisdom! I did try supersheen although they wouldn’t do it :( I did speak to a gent in Shermic I think they’re called who’s keeping an eye out for me as they trade in these machines and I think he’s waiting for a super XXL one to come in to test on my...

Re: I have tried polishing although with barnishing it leaves micro dimples on the shined surface its a minor detial although its the more futureproof way of polishing as it lasts alot longer and also will take any surface marks out also :D For this reason I was going to stick to ball...

Hello again all! So I have a number of Zaskars although my current project is a very well preserved 1991 zaskar I have fresh decals waiting in the wings and a period correct group set that’s pretty much NOS I would really love to get the frame re ball burnished although I’m struggling to find a...

Hello all! Does anyone know what a Rockshox MAG 21 steer tube is made of? Is it a specific steel? I need to weld an extension onto the steerer to fit my massive head tube of a 1994 gt zaskar Kind regards, Jason