Re: Another one coming. Unicorn level Alpinestars...
Retro Spud":2hb87gu6 said:
Well that didn't take long.....after setting myself up :
Okay everyone move on now, nothing else to see here
Haha, well that's you told Spud!
mattb":2hb87gu6 said:
I'm sure it'll be fine. Didn't the team run Campy on their bikes for a while?
mattb":2hb87gu6 said:
Sorry mate....
I'm sure I read that shimano refused to give alpinestars free xtr for the team bikes so they went the campy route,not sure which ynear though
Campag only featured in the two brochure builds, without being referenced. If you look closely at the inset photos of the Ti Mega, in both 91 and 92 brochures, they're built on Campy. I guess that's because Alpinestars are Italian, but the money men (or Shimano men!) made sure the production bikes and racers used Shimano exclusively. Curious thing that. And remember, the Ti Mega was not available as a full bike, only frame only or frameset, so customers could (had to) build them with whatever they wanted.
And from your second comment, I've not heard that, but it sounds like the Yeti story, only backwards!
I had briefly toyed with a Campy build but it's far too expensive for me in NOS variety which I like, I know little about it (so I could easily end up with totally period incorrect and mixed group parts) and I actually want to ride it
Oh, and the small matter of having a full NOS M900 group to go on it.
I've decided I'm doing a Tim Davies-esque build, circa 1992 spec. I could go for the MBUK feature spec with Manitou2 but to make life easier I'm going to go with Tim's final spec iteration which was running RS Mag 20s. It'll have full M900, silver Mavic M231 (handy, as that's what I've got already), Avocet O2 Ti saddle, Ritchey Megabite Z-Max, M737 SPDs. I've even got an Avocet!
The only two things I'm struggling with - three in fact - are:
•A 27.2mm black A-stars seatpost or M900 XTR
•An Alpinestars/Litespeed titanium stem (I'll probably go with a Zoom - similar colour, readily available in 1 ¼", and in my preferred reach of 120mm, not TD's berserk stretched-out, roadie style position, 160mm stem!)
•Control Stix bar ends
Everything else is sorted. Oh, and 92 spec decals, so I need to tap Gil up. The 91s (pictured in first post) will be spare.
Either this:
Or like this:
