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Doesn't the machined bridge look twisted slightly?

 

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The zaskar le i have has a bullet sized dent on the cross tube where someone i presume previously used a crowbar to break off a u lock..at least that's the only explanation i can come up with. It's about 1 cm deep and a small crack has appeared, but not grown thankfully. I've used the bike daily for 6 years on roads, trails and hill; given it quite a bit of abuse and it still is by far the best bike i've ever owned. Weighs 7.5k with rigid forks. So, even if this bridge is slightly twisted i'm confident the bike'll still be grand. I was given the impression that pre 96/97 zaskars had a much wider, plate-like bridge and the later models had this thinner, chunkier effort.

 

[pedal_pushin_red_ed]

two beauts reunited through ebay

..note date stamp..'97 on my dented zaskie..identical frames, both 18'

 

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..both 18', one rigified and dented

 

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thanks to the author of this psot, i've got a new zaskie le to work with. Over the moon