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That was my first proper mountain bike - love it!

Lovely looking frame. How would you go about sorting the paint chips on the fancy blended paint? Or are you leaving as-is?

The frame came with an adaptor quite similar to the betd one and the dropout had been drilled for it but I was a bit wary of the amount of leverage applied by the caliper once you've bolted a IS-post mount adaptor on there as well (kind of like having a 150mm fork on the front!). I might give it...

Such a great build and loved seeing how you got all the repairs done. How much did all the frame repair and painting cost? Great find with the HED rims as well, they just kill. Personally I wouldn't have gone in so deep on the blue ano and grips but that is an amazing piece of kit, well done...

Re: It's not ideal but I had the fork available to use so may as well. The headtube on the Zaskar is held on with some big welds and a large reinforcing gusset so I'm confident it'll hold up, certainly on a cycle track, at any rate.

Re: I knew I should have anodized everything purple. Sigh.

Cheers. I've got some IRC Mythos tyres to go on it at some point, good colour side-walls and nice tread pattern. The semi slick Contis are for light duty on cycle tracks and fire road, etc. The bike is for the Mrs (at least that's how I sold her on having a third bike in the garage) so wanted...

Re: True, waiting on a spacer kit to take it down to ONLY 120mm!

I picked up an unloved 1996 Zaskar frame from eBay a few months ago and have built it up with modern kit. Obviously the purists aren't going to dig it as it's not bolt-for-bolt original spec but I'm glad to see a classic frame back in action and given some TLC. I've wanted a Zaskar for about 20...