Recent content by Drfunkenstein57

I was going to buy this bike myself, but the wife put her foot down, I already have 4 running bikes & several framesets. This bike is currently for sale on Gumtree, £50 Back wheel is trashed but the rest of the bike looks in decent condition & would make a good project. It is the purple Haze...

]Hi folks, I have decided that the time has come to sell my beloved GT Zaskar. It is a 1998 model in anodised acid blue 18" (I've owned this from new, bought the frame new from Merlin cycles ), mainly XT/LX componants, handbuilt wheels by merlin cycles uk. XT hubs coupled with Fir rims. Thing...

In the end I fitted an XT hollowtech II BB (BB70B) with Deore LX chainset... Photo is in my gallery, not very retro - but I don't think it has spoiled the look, I've kept the long low-rise stem, & the Ritchey seatpost is of the era

Yep, you're right. I've had a good look at the chainset & it is a Shimano SG C-46. I have at my disposal to replace this chainset: Shimano Deore LX (Hollowtech II) or Raceface Ride (XC (X type) - or keep the current BB & fit my 1996 STX-RC chainset. (more in keeping with the era) Any advice...

no, no offence meant Rich Aitch. I was just referring to the unusually high amount of eccentrics we seem to have in the city. You have to bear in mind the Lunar connection - the city is of Roman origin LUNA-CASTRA, the river is named after the moon (LUNE) & that we once had not one, but two...

Yes, that's the one I thought was a 1998 LX. I built the bike from new frameset upwards, so I can't remember where I bought this chainset from - most likely mail order out of MBUK magazine or similar. I never really felt that it was good enough for the frameset ( rear mech, Hubs & shifters are...

Project 1/ I've currently got my 98 GT Zaskar on a re-fit programme. I'm trying to lighten her up - remove the post-moderne suspension seatpost & re-fit the Ritchey WCS post. Fit a HollowtechII BB & LX chainset (not very retro I know, but the original BB seems too heavy for my liking) Would...

I have access to a 1996 STX-RC chainset (see my gallery - GT Tequesta ) but alas, this is a 5 arm version. The 1998 LX Chainset is also pictured on the GT Zaskar in my gallery.

Yep, still got the original 1998 rings on the old LX chainset, I also have a 2007 LX hollowtech II Chainset available with BB. Are the rings interchangeable between these models. I know I am asking the obvious, but you never know with shimano

Thanks guys, I think I'll go with the Raceface. Can't afford a Hope BB at the moment, but if I start saving the pennies now, by the time the raceface BB is worn out, I will be able to get me a nice shiny Hope BB :wink:

I have a 1998 GT Zaskar that I am hoping to shave some weight off, as it is a tad heavy. It currently has a very heavy UN73 bottom bracket with a Shimano LX chainset, both are considerably heavy. I aim to replace these & save some weight, but not spoil the retro look of the bike. I have a...

That's the roughest area of town, highest crime rate etc. Usually committed by scallies visiting their family & mates who are banged up in the prison, Lancaster castle. Mostly they want to take a souvenir home (someone else's property) The post office nearest the motorway junction gets blagged...

Yip, got it.. My GT Zaskar reads 10 97 **** 18 So presumably, this is October 1997. when the first batch of next season models had been launched. Does this mean that it is an 18" 98 Acid blue Zaskar, manufactured in Oct 1997?

If I can remember right, the LE version was made from Easton ultralight tubing, whereas the standard Zaskar was 6061-T6 - mine is anyway :lol: Excellent pics by the way

Sounds just like the Lancaster that I live in...You wouldn't think we have not one, but two universities in Lancaster - yet we still get more than our share of village idiots I never take any decent bike into Lancaster for just that reason, & just to add insult to injury, our local council...