Hi All,
I've been reading up about GT Zaskars and noticed one for sale locally so went to look at it today. It was not as good a spec as I'd expected, as I was under the impression they came with better spec all round as standard, but wondered if anyone could take a look and tell me is it really an original spec Zaskar or do you think someone along the years has stripped it and replaced it with low spec components? As you may have gathered, I bought it anyway :roll:
It does have the flat GT plate on the back, but no serial number that I can see (unless I'm not looking in the right place). It's the burnished steel sort of paintwork but needs a good clean and polish as it has mud and grass everywhere.
Not sure if any of the components are originals, but it basically has Tektro caliper brakes (rear calipers and levers are metallic blue), SIS twist shift type gears, 21 speed. Not much more I can say about it, but if any Zaskar experts can cast their eyes over the pics and tell me whether it's a hidden gem, or a dog that needs putting out of it's misery, then I'd be very grateful.
It doesn't have suspension forks, but blue GT rigid ones. The other thing that's throwing me is the fact it has a threaded headset, I was thinking it should be an aheadset, but as I have no idea of the year, it could be much older than I thought it was (guessing it's from the 1990's).
The frame itself is straight with no dents, just a fair amount of cable rub, chainslap etc, but I think it might come up quite nice after a good clean and polish. Do you think it might be worth stripping down for rebuilding?
I've been reading up about GT Zaskars and noticed one for sale locally so went to look at it today. It was not as good a spec as I'd expected, as I was under the impression they came with better spec all round as standard, but wondered if anyone could take a look and tell me is it really an original spec Zaskar or do you think someone along the years has stripped it and replaced it with low spec components? As you may have gathered, I bought it anyway :roll:
It does have the flat GT plate on the back, but no serial number that I can see (unless I'm not looking in the right place). It's the burnished steel sort of paintwork but needs a good clean and polish as it has mud and grass everywhere.
Not sure if any of the components are originals, but it basically has Tektro caliper brakes (rear calipers and levers are metallic blue), SIS twist shift type gears, 21 speed. Not much more I can say about it, but if any Zaskar experts can cast their eyes over the pics and tell me whether it's a hidden gem, or a dog that needs putting out of it's misery, then I'd be very grateful.
It doesn't have suspension forks, but blue GT rigid ones. The other thing that's throwing me is the fact it has a threaded headset, I was thinking it should be an aheadset, but as I have no idea of the year, it could be much older than I thought it was (guessing it's from the 1990's).
The frame itself is straight with no dents, just a fair amount of cable rub, chainslap etc, but I think it might come up quite nice after a good clean and polish. Do you think it might be worth stripping down for rebuilding?
