Ti or aluminium (GT or Kona)
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Thanks sean, yes although it has served me very well
SEANSTEPHENS":8hgd0mq2 said:Hi chris, long time since weve seen you on here, i guess youve finally got tired of my old stumpy
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Thanks for all the replies. Am i right in thinking then that the zaskar is a great little fun bike but the kona will probably last longer?
Thanks for all the replies. Am i right in thinking then that the zaskar is a great little fun bike but the kona will probably last longer?
Muddy paw":dwzattsf said:In an ideal world you'd have the GT triple triangle design frame made out of titanium but if i were choosing between the two i'd have the Kona
This, get a xizang, then you get the ti and the GTness...
I had a mate who broke a zaskar (re anodised one, was replaced with a red frost one) snapped the rear seat stay, this was a bike used for XC. So they do break, just not very often.
Then again I've never heard of a hei hei breaking...but there are less of them around (so less to break, and less to hear stories of them breaking).
I would get the Hei hei, but then I like Ti hence getting a xizang
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So the answer to this then is the hei hei is the tougher frame?
Always wanted another xizang, i will find one some day
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So the answer to this then is the hei hei is the tougher frame?
Always wanted another xizang, i will find one some day
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I've heard of more Kona's snapping at the dropouts than Zaskar breaks. Rarely see American-Zaskar breaks period. My ex-mechanic gave me a little lecture 7 years ago, about my 96 GT Zaskar. He said, with a little condescending grin, "This is, Old equipment...you still ride this?" I told him, with pride, "Yeah, it gets ridden hard, even abused." Then he launches on about how, "the aluminum frame will fail very soon usually after about 10 years blah blah blah." I shut him out with a scowl and stopped paying attention. He is no longer my mechanic. My new mechanic, a hick from Alabama, doesn't give foolish lectures. He keeps to himself and gets the job done. When he first saw my bike, he said, "That is a Killer bike Bro!" And guess what? That same old 96 Zaskar is still as mean as it was back then. It gets ridden hard, every weekend, for the most part. Hard turns, jumps, crashes, hasn't broken yet. This frame is nearly bulletproof. Sometimes I do group rides with people on their 2014 29er-Fox Fork-full-suspension Carbon-Fiber----->Made in China $5,000+ bikes. They get their ass kicked up the hill every time. On flat sections of the trail I just blow right by them. The expression on their faces is priceless. Plus, their Fox Forks are in the shop, having $200+ repairs nearly every other month. Anyway you have one man here who can Stand by the durability of the 1990-2001, American-made GT Zaskar.
I've heard of more Kona's snapping at the dropouts than Zaskar breaks. Rarely see American-Zaskar breaks period. My ex-mechanic gave me a little lecture 7 years ago, about my 96 GT Zaskar. He said, with a little condescending grin, "This is, Old equipment...you still ride this?" I told him, with pride, "Yeah, it gets ridden hard, even abused." Then he launches on about how, "the aluminum frame will fail very soon usually after about 10 years blah blah blah." I shut him out with a scowl and stopped paying attention. He is no longer my mechanic. My new mechanic, a hick from Alabama, doesn't give foolish lectures. He keeps to himself and gets the job done. When he first saw my bike, he said, "That is a Killer bike Bro!" And guess what? That same old 96 Zaskar is still as mean as it was back then. It gets ridden hard, every weekend, for the most part. Hard turns, jumps, crashes, hasn't broken yet. This frame is nearly bulletproof. Sometimes I do group rides with people on their 2014 29er-Fox Fork-full-suspension Carbon-Fiber----->Made in China $5,000+ bikes. They get their ass kicked up the hill every time. On flat sections of the trail I just blow right by them. The expression on their faces is priceless. Plus, their Fox Forks are in the shop, having $200+ repairs nearly every other month. Anyway you have one man here who can Stand by the durability of the 1990-2001, American-made GT Zaskar.
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Knock on wood, hopefully he stays strong. Nothing against Kona's they are amazing rides, especially those mid-90's hardtails: titanium Hei Hei and steel (Kilauea, Explosif). Steve Peat probably put his frame through more abuse than many Zaskar owners on the web. However, the pre-bankruptcy GT Zaskar is legendary for its strength. Hundreds of positive reviews for the frameset on MTBR.com and in the capillaries of various mountain bike forums. Although it was designed as an XC machine, this was one of the few XC frames that kids were doing big jumps with. Thrashing em' on big hits with Bomber forks back in the day. Most of those frames survived that abuse as well. You cannot tell me that a Hei Hei could be thrashed like that. I guess you can't go wrong with either. The Zaskar will be stiffer, but that issue is easily solved with 2.1+ high volume tires run at lower psi (30 front and 32 rear) did the trick for me. This frame was almost too rough before changing tires.
Knock on wood, hopefully he stays strong. Nothing against Kona's they are amazing rides, especially those mid-90's hardtails: titanium Hei Hei and steel (Kilauea, Explosif). Steve Peat probably put his frame through more abuse than many Zaskar owners on the web. However, the pre-bankruptcy GT Zaskar is legendary for its strength. Hundreds of positive reviews for the frameset on MTBR.com and in the capillaries of various mountain bike forums. Although it was designed as an XC machine, this was one of the few XC frames that kids were doing big jumps with. Thrashing em' on big hits with Bomber forks back in the day. Most of those frames survived that abuse as well. You cannot tell me that a Hei Hei could be thrashed like that. I guess you can't go wrong with either. The Zaskar will be stiffer, but that issue is easily solved with 2.1+ high volume tires run at lower psi (30 front and 32 rear) did the trick for me. This frame was almost too rough before changing tires.
