I’ve just spent a couple of days completely stripping and re-commisioning my old 1994 Zaskar LE for my dad to use. Amazing how easy it was to work on, everything is 5mm hex bolts rather than the weeny things they use today.

Its come up really well considering, and so here it is in all its glory. And yes, that is a 140mm I-Beam stem.

Rear mech is shot, very baggy and the jockey wheels nearly worn smooth, but otherwise its rideable. I’ve just taken it round the block and it feels rather strange to say the least – very stretched and rather harsh. I can’t believe I did a few Polaris on it back in the day. When it has the new mech I will take it into the Peak and see if it (and I) survive.

That stem… those were the days.

What happened to Club Roost, they were the thing to have back then.

You’ll live, I raced my 97 for 12 hours a few times a couple of years back, admittedly with slightly more modern kit on it that that. 140mm stem is horrible, put a 90mm on it. 😐

mine’s a commutah these days 😳

Good band name

You do realise, a stem that long now needs planning permission ?

I’ve got this one and love riding it

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If any current bike reviewers see that stem they’ll have a stroke.

Didn’t do Hans Rey any harm!

You have the poshest garage I’ve ever seen.

Loved my zaskar…. snapped the frame a Lee Quarry.
Gave the frame to somebody on here who was going to use it along with another GT frame to build a canopy over his front door.

Needs some 22″ Answer Hyperlites and x-lite bar ends to do it justice. 😀

To be fair, it will feel stretched out with a 140mm stem on it.

Just spotted jonk’s posh RC36’s with the ti-nitride stanchions.

They were about £500 even back then.

Zaskars are fantastic bikes. Even in the retro world 140 is long!