1991 Alpinestars Cro-Mega LX (SS)

[David633]

Frame: Alpinestars

Fork: Alpinestars

Headset: YST Evolution
Stem: Alpinestars
Handlebar:Alpinestars MegaLite
Grips: 243 Dual Cross
Barends: N/A

Brakes: Avid SD-5 front/Shimano crap rear
Brake Pads:
Brake Cables: Jagwire
Cantilever cable hangers: N/A
Brake Levers: Avid FR-5

Shifters: N/A
Front Derailleur: N/A
Rear Derailleur: N/A
Derailleur Cables: N/A
Cassette: 13T
Chain: Spank Tweet Tweet
Cranks: Shimano Altus
Crank Bolts: Altus
Chainrings: Altus granny- 22T
Chainring bolts: Altus
Bottom Bracket: possibly original
Pedals: terrible

Hub Skewers: Shimano
Rims: WTB Dual Duty FR
Hubs: Shimano
Nipples: silver
Spokes: black
Tyres: IRC Mythos XC 2.1 F/ Kenda Nevegal 2.1 R
Tubes: old and patched

Saddle: BLB
Seatpost: Kalloy Uno
Seatpost Binder: cheap

Weight: 27.5 lb

Went for mostly new parts on this. It's definitely a different riding experience than my other bikes. Feels very aggressive for sure. There are some crummy parts on it, but they work fine for now (especially because I'm running on a student budget, haha). I've been having some pretty bad chain skipping problems with it. Hopefully that can be alleviated in the near future. Overall, it's a different and fun bike.

 

[GT-Steve]

Nice mix of modern parts on an old Astar, there

'92 forks on a '91 goes well, too

What size fram tho? (guessing 20.5") as it looks huuuuuuuge

 

[David633]

Thanks for the kind words. Yep, it's a 20.5".

 

[mikee]

nice build

know what you mean about the aggressive riding style you need to adopt

 

[Linoleum]

Looks great!

So, silly question: Are elevated chainstay bikes a 'natural' for belt drive conversions?

Again, super looking bike!

 

[mikee]

probably

flexy b/b has always been cited as a problem with them ,tho with a belt
i doubt it would suffer
why bother tho ,apart from the "different" factor chains and derailleurs
work better IMHO

mike

 

[David633]

Yeah I had been thinking about a belt drive. I don't have the cash to blow on that, but I'd love to see someone try it. Not having to ever break the chain is nice on this bike.