Vintage mtb restoration | ‘95 GT Zaskar LE

Vintage mtb restoration | ‘95 GT Zaskar LE | retro mtb shed find!

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nigehill

6 ай бұрын

I found my holy grail retro mountain bike.

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@jwallace2913 6 ай бұрын

The fact that 1994 is now considered vintage makes me feel old af

@nigehill 6 ай бұрын

Me too mate 😭

@Speedscholars Күн бұрын

Don’t think the crank would look nice enough for the bike…but it looks awesome. So glad you didn’t re-anodize it!! 🎉

@chadbeach2943 6 ай бұрын

Great build! I still have my 97 Zaskar in the basement. I'll stop and stare at it every once in a while. Best bike GT ever made!

@bradleyhyland2953 26 күн бұрын

That’s a nice bike mate brings back some memories 👍

@rooksfoot1184 14 күн бұрын

I can confirm the strange mix of early 90s parts on a 94 frame.. the zaskar le was £478 for the bare frame that year and that was the plain ball burnished one... so we had to cut costs for our initial build and recycle a few parts..lovely refurb dude

@JA-hn3to 2 ай бұрын

I purchased a frame from my local dealer in 98 and assembled a bike and have been riding it ever since. My frame is a lighter blue in color but has kept the finish and color over the years. Has been used and abused and well maintained. GREAT BIKE!

@GEKKO_Archery 6 ай бұрын

Had the same experience with a 1991 Trek 2300 composite, one of the first (partly) Carbon Bikes! Childhood dream, fulfilled decades later *GG*

@DeerbrookSouthernRR 2 ай бұрын

I just got a 1990 Mongoose Switchback from a coworker. Totally original except for the tires. Best part is I paid nothing for it

@glen3509 Ай бұрын

I'd go with a M770 and M772 Shimano XT groupset, Thomson 7000 series aluminum Elite stem and post🤘🤘. And a nice 7075 handlebar; say a TITEC H👹llbent riser bar😁🤘🤘

@ttxxdd 5 ай бұрын

I just picked one up - it’s the same exact frame as yours, exact same decals (competition series etc) and everything. But it’s ano purple! Has mismatched xt/xtr bits

@joey0077d 5 ай бұрын

The red Judy’s went with the red anodized cranks. Awesome find . Nice to see how popular the GT Zasker frames still are.

@rotciv319 5 ай бұрын

That came out GREAT. As you've already said, it's so good that you did not get it re-anodized.

@brenthood3399 4 ай бұрын

I just bought a like new 2006-2007 GT Zaskar Expert 26" wheels, Rock Shox Recon 327 forks, Deore components. Black gloss paint with Red pin stripping. If Batman rode a bike, it would be this bike. It's wicked light and really fun to ride.

@ezekielvaldez02 6 ай бұрын

This is one of the bikes that i really admire ♥️♥️♥️

@jackwilson8651 6 ай бұрын

Wow. It looks like something in a magazine from the ‘90s. Outstanding

@nigehill 6 ай бұрын

Thanks.🙏 turned out really well

@the1mtbguy 6 ай бұрын

A GT Zasker is on my list of wants 😊 love them

@madtownangler 24 күн бұрын

Please clamp onto the seatpost if you can you might bend the frame. Cool bike

@CycoPatPonfe 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful restoration! Thank you for sharing

@coletrick8748 6 ай бұрын

Love these vintage GT’s !

@CradleOfBikes 4 ай бұрын

This is sick!! Great find dude, it looks awesome and the fork change looks heaps better. Great work, 👍

@herculesdebrito5737 6 ай бұрын

The bike is very beautiful. I have one like it here in Brazil. Congratulations.

@samblenkharn8099 6 ай бұрын

Mate that is a peach of a bike 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻. Definitely no need for the re-anodising. It looks brilliant.

@nigehill 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sam. Yeah I’m glad I didn’t in the end

@AlfaRevoluzione 6 ай бұрын

Awesome Job

@supervortex8363 3 ай бұрын

very nice

@matthyde693 6 ай бұрын

Mint! Forever Frame. 👍

@thomaseisen304 6 ай бұрын

Just as a tip if you don't know ... on those older Rock Shox the modern RST MCU elastomers work realy well ! Gread job on the bike it looks realy amazing !

@JohnPilling25 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely awesome. Pity about getting it re-anodised. I picked up a GT Karakoram, full DEORE LX group set but the shifters were destroyed internally. It was only $20 , but like yourself finding these parts on e-bay or the like is almost impossible and when they do appear the prices are highway robbery! I decided to go with a full grit blasting and repaint of the Tange 4130 steel frame.

@jonnyc5254 4 ай бұрын

Had one of these in black in the mid 90s. Had normal forks no suspension. Brakes were Magura HS22, Middleburn crank then I think the rest of the groupset was XT. Can't remember the wheels exactly but think they were Mavic. Know it's what they were designed for but was a fast bike.

@tomrobinson7879 6 ай бұрын

Top work Sir! Hopefully I'll find one at reasonable price soon.

@Cmc7799 5 ай бұрын

Nice

@robbylong2748 23 күн бұрын

Needs Onza bar ends 😁

@jaymincoulthard2060 3 ай бұрын

I’ve got the GT Zaskar LE that was made for Scott Sharples. It was custom made to be a 16.5” frame

@nigehill 3 ай бұрын

Wow that’s an awesome collector piece 👌

@jaymincoulthard2060 2 ай бұрын

@@nigehillcheers mate. It’s for sale if you want to buy it

@hunge 6 ай бұрын

I love GT's and this one is bike porn. I have 5 GT's (2 need to be built up), but I really want a Zaskar and pimp it out.

@anthonyevans7911 3 ай бұрын

Wow, ive got an early 90`s Zaskar LE in the shed, havent rode it for about 7 years. I`m 59, used it to ride back and forth work about 8 miles each way back in the late 90`s, not every day, too unfit for that lol....Was considering adding a rear wheel electric hub and making a good ebike out of it. Might have changed my mind now. Are these collectors bikes now? Mine is in silver with yellow / red zalker decals, or no colour, just aluminium.

@nigehill 3 ай бұрын

Yes. Arguably the most collectible of all the GT retro bikes and worth good money if original.