Originally Posted by
thumpism
The Beast came out the year after I repped for them, so probably a '97 model year. Magura hydraulic rim brakes and the Sugino crank they used for a couple of years, although I do not recall the model (edit: Sugino Impel 500) or the BCD. Replacement chainrings should be fairly easy to find.
That front fork absolutely rocks. I think it'd be great fun to build up a late-90s mtb frame, like yours, with that fork... but maybe a modern 1X setup and disc brakes.