Recent content by lukash

Hi and thanks :) Over the weekend, I made a little progress with it. I'm thinking about these wheels with XTR M950 hubs (for the set) with Rigida DP22 rims. Then I also have the classic ones on Mavic X517, but I've seen so many Zaskars with Spins and other slightly different wheels that the...

A cult classic of the ’90s. The poster bike a whole generation rode in their heads. So I picked up a ’97 Zaskar for the collection – one of those bikes you just should have. I’m usually a polished-alu guy, but the red anodized frame got me this time. Not that common, and this one popped up on...

Feeling at home, far from home. Maple Autumn in Central Europe

Hi, and thanks for your reply. A friend from Germany sent me this screenshot last night from the German BikeMarkt 1996... ironically, I also have it, but I’m missing the last pages with the letters W and Y :) The model was named E-Lite. Looks like that’s the one. Hopefully it has that noodle...

After a long sleep, these titanium tubes are waking back to life. The frame belongs to a friend who used to race in the Czech MTB Cup for a local club in the nineties, riding GT bikes. The Wheeler came to him later. He barely used it, and it sat in his basement for ages. Three years ago, he...

Hi guys, I just came across a little treasure here in Central Europe and thought it deserved its own thread on this great, cult forum. This bike is being built mainly for riding the rolling terrain of our Jizera and Lusatian Mountains – wide gravel roads as well as narrow, playful singletracks...

Oups. 1996 of course...:)

Bought the frame from Germany in very good condition. Paint with some minor scratches. Built in upgraded setup = almost complete Shimano XT 73x components, Thomson seatpost & stem, 660 mm handlebar. Ultimate Cafe Racer!

Thanx! Yeah, DeepL is my first choice. But it needs to be fine tuned then. No need to hurry. Sooner or later, I ll find some native speaker and move higher:)

I write for the Czech MTB magazine Velo. If it's an interview with someone from abroad, I try to provide an English version.:) In this case Laurent and his wife helped - btw how did you find the translation? I got a great report from Mountainbike Museum in Arhem. But unfortunately without...

Laurent Frieden is a dude who took me back to early mountainbike years with the help of his gorgeous collection of vintage racing bikes. Glad we had a chance to talk. If you want to know his story, check this out: https://www.starykola.cz/blog/laurent-sberatel-mistrovskych-kol-en.html Over the...

And now something completely different. Czech brand Author was founded in the mid-nineties. Their business was (and to this days is) based on cooperation with Taiwanese supplier. The Author Sector model was the top model made from steel with Ritchey drop outs (since 1996). From 1999 to 2002...

Yes, they are in the box:) First evolution will be with XTR M952 crankset... then we will see:-)

Exactly, frame, fork, seatpost and M bars are original Morati components.

I build this titanium beauty for my friend. He is the owner and investor, I am a mechanic:-) We both are happy (my wallet especially:) First phase finished... removal of Sram XX groupset and hydraulic brakes. Also carbon Specialized cranks have already gone. Czech carbon wheels TUFO stay. We...