GT Zaskar 2013
supersonic
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Weight of the prototype full sus frame is a rumoured 1560g! Without shock. Hans Rey looks to have an eraly version of the 9r:
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Nice, but I really wish they'd called it something else!
Oh, and hate those wheels!0 -
The Northern Monkey wrote:Nice, but I really wish they'd called it something else!
Oh, and hate those wheels!
Couldn't agree more. It's not a Zaskar.
No, really GT, it's not!
Really though!
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ThisThe Northern Monkey wrote:Nice, but I really wish they'd called it something else!
And this...The Northern Monkey wrote:Oh, and hate those wheels!
Also I don't like the pedals either. Still wouldn't complain if someone gave me one though.
Is that the new CB dropper post on it?0 -
Sonic, I would have thought you'd be heading over to GT's headquarters in Cali (?) by now, with a high power sniper rifle and a huge scope, to take out whoever decided that a full suss should be called "Zaskar".
You've let us all down. I'm ashamed of you.0 -
And the guy who named Speshes full susser a stumpy lol.0
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Angry Bird wrote:ThisThe Northern Monkey wrote:Nice, but I really wish they'd called it something else!
And this...The Northern Monkey wrote:Oh, and hate those wheels!
+1... Just wrong.... A Zaskar is a hard tail, always has been, always should be.... And those wheels... Na uhh...Ibis Mojo HD 2011 www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... t=12842777
Intense Uzzi www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... t=12839786
Intense 6.6 www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... #p174798990 -
Looks a little skinny to me, needs to eat more pie!
Zaskar always used to mean a bit of hardcore hard tail to me, looks like a sissy pedally bike now :P0 -
Yup, it's a nice looking bike (something GT have never been able to do with Full-sussers IMO), but if it ain't a hardtail and it ain't got the tripple triangle, it ain't a Zaskar.0
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El Zomba wrote:Yup, it's a nice looking bike (something GT have never been able to do with Full-sussers IMO), but if it ain't a hardtail and it ain't got the tripple triangle, it ain't a Zaskar.
I beg to differ.... My RTS Team was an awesome looking bike.... How can you not like it?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gt+tea ... 80&bih=886Ibis Mojo HD 2011 www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... t=12842777
Intense Uzzi www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... t=12839786
Intense 6.6 www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php? ... #p174798990 -
Too... Much... Tubing...
Eyes... So... Sore...
(I do miss the raw frame look though. I always had a soft spot for that.)0 -
I like it
Wish they sold the 29er hardtail frames separately too.Weight of the prototype full sus frame is a rumoured 1560g!
So roughly the same as a their hardtail weight. You can't see from there, but I'm pulling my really skeptical face at the screen.
Edit: In other news, sounds like Gee Atherton is beating all his old records on his spangley new GT DH bike. Hope the big drive this year gets them back on track.0 -
The newer zaskars are 1100g (m) - my 2008 Team is 1405g with headset cups in M. The new FOC ultra has knocked quite a bit of weight out of them, but they look a lot more spindly, and I wouldn't like to attempt the stuff on them that I do now!0
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I'm sure I could justify that I needed a frame to match my £10 t-shirt.
It's a shame they stopped doing Zaskar frames by themselves. As soon as they really pull out all the stops, they seem to make the bikes harder to buy than ever. Guess it might pick up when more shops start stocking the top end GT bits.0 -
Ha, I have that T shirt!
Seems some 26er models aren't even available now. Don't want them to go the way of the Spesh, need some choice.0 -
Tsk, after years of brands not making big bikes, GT being one of them, I'm loving the huge bike revolution. Much like I had to run long stems, and have a mile of seatpost, smaller riders in 2013 can wear stilts and run zero offset stems!*
*apologies wife who is undoubtedly reading this, it's only fair though
Thought you might have that t-shirt, almost posted it in a while back, before realising your GT-ometer would have detected it 20 internets away!0 -
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You have an Ibis Mojo hoodie that matches your Ibis Mo... oh, wait...0
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I like this! No its not a Zaskar, but its a good looking bike with nice CB finishing kit. I love the wheels.supersonic wrote:Weight of the prototype full sus frame is a rumoured 1560g! Without shock. Hans Rey looks to have an eraly version of the 9r:
Broke mine yesterday 
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VWsurfbum wrote:
I like this! No its not a Zaskar, but its a good looking bike with nice CB finishing kit. I love the wheels.supersonic wrote:Weight of the prototype full sus frame is a rumoured 1560g! Without shock. Hans Rey looks to have an eraly version of the 9r: Broke mine yesterday
surprised it took you so long!!0 -
I've sworn off anything CB after my Candy pedal took itself and my crank arm out mid alpine descent.0
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i bent a spoke in cannock last september and then it gave way while standing still on sunday :shock:0
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Whats the difference between this and a Zaskar 100? Is it much lighter? I thought the Z100 was carbon too.... Yours, confused of Crowthorne.
PS - Paint job is much nicer on this one thoughA Flock of Birds
+ some other bikes.0 -
The Northern Monkey wrote:Nice, but I really wish they'd called it something else!
Le Mans might be a good name for a GT.0 -
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benpinnick wrote:Whats the difference between this and a Zaskar 100? Is it much lighter? I thought the Z100 was carbon too.... Yours, confused of Crowthorne.
PS - Paint job is much nicer on this one though
I think it will be called the Zaskar 100 when released.0 -
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Gt make some great looking bikes:
Gorgeous! This new-un is nice to, but the naming is blatantly a marketing ploy.0 -
I do like the look of the old Lobo! And STS:
GT were streets ahead of the rest for sus and frame tech in the 90s. Sure, some failed ;-). But they pushed the boundaries.0
Such blatent sexism. 
