08 GT Zaskar Pro carbon - 9,5kg

[jancokotze]

Tasty bike man. One day when I'm an adult(aka earn a lot of money) I will own a pimped-out Zaskar like this.

[Weight Weenie]

Thanks, the original bike was my 21st present, been working a bit so pimped it with the money earned there

[Weight Weenie]

Updated, see page 1

[sfer1]

 

 

 

Hi. I'm new here. I found this forum while I was trying to find some information on cracked GT Zaskar carbon frames.

 

Last night, I noticed a possible crack in my 2008 GT Zaskar Team carbon frame.

 

I can see it, but I don't feel a thing when I run my finger over it. The surface seems to be completely smooth. I think it's just cosmetic. Finding out people have cracked their Zaskar frames makes me worry though.

 

I use my bike only for XC and road cycling. I have never abused it. The Zaskar carbon frame weighs about 300g more than the actually light XC frames. I assumed the extra weight would make it more durable. Now, I don't feel so confident about it.

 

Here are some pictures of the possible crack:

 

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack01.jpg http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack01b.jpg

 

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack02.jpg http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack02b.jpg

 

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack03.jpg http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack03b.jpg

 

No flash:

 

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack04.jpg http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss85/sfer1_album/th_GTZaskarCarbonPossibleCrack04b.jpg

 

What do you guys think? Is it safe to keep riding it?

 

Do you have any pics of your cracked frames? If yes, could you please post them? I'd like to compare them with mine.

 

 

 

sfer12010-03-21 21:15:17

[Weight Weenie]

That doesn't look good but I'm no expert so can't vouch if it's serious or not...

 

Mine had a crack where the seat tube and top tube meet but this was really only in the clear coat(cosmetic) and you could feel it, but I had it changed anyway.

 

Obviuosly you don't have a warranty anymore, but have someone knowledgeable take a look, my feeling as that it might be in the carbon itself if you cant feel the crack on the surface.

 

Maybe contact Omnico the suspplier and see what they say and also make another post about the crack in the tech forum