which GT frame is this and which year?

[orange71]

 

[cchris2lou]

Is there a number inside the left drop out ?

 

[cce]

i have (somewhere) a backwoods frame with many similar hallmarks.

i'd say it was likely to be a mid-level alloy frame, backwoods or pantera.

the outline of the top tube decal still seems to be there...

 

[orange71]

The only number on the inside of the dropout is 7005, which will be the alloy I guess. The decal on the top tube is just something else not a model. The frame was sold to me as a Zaskar - have I been conned?

 

[cchris2lou]

everything points to a Zaskar from 1996 , but the lack of serial numbers is a major doubt .

all the zaskar I had , all had the serial number and the size on the inside of the left drop out .

 

[cce]

i thought zaskars were 6061 and had a flat end-cap on the top tube

the sticker-shadow i'm refering to is in bang-on the spot where GT put the model badging

 

[cce]

everything points to a Zaskar from 1996 , but the lack of serial numbers is a major doubt .

all the zaskar I had , all had the serial number and the size on the inside of the left drop out .

it's routed for cantis on the rear - a 96 zaskar would surely have had the first-gen v-brakes?


no idea how GT frame numbers work, but i've found a listing for a stolen pantera that's in the SAS6A series - sequentiality would lean toward this being a pantera.

 

[the_dark_horse]

it's routed for cantis on the rear - a 96 zaskar would surely have had the first-gen v-brakes?

If i remember correctly V's came out during the 96 season, then all the 97 bikes had them as stock?

 

[Wold Ranger]

Gen GT

I have had quite a few GT's and almost certainly it's a mid to early '90s Zasker. The "GT" in the top tube plug with the fat down tube is the give away. The others in the range had a slimmer down tube and were all painted.

 

[Vitorzip]

I´m pretty sure that all the Zaskar´s were made in 6061 Alcoa aluminium. Maybe an Avalanche...