'91 Alpinestars Alpine Singlespeed project

[al]

Well I bought this and dragged it home.
Plans are to take all the bits off and replace them with less bits, but nicer...watch the progress here.

al.

 

[joglo]

Well I bought this and dragged it home.
Plans are to take all the bits off and replace them with less bits, but nicer...watch the progress here.

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A bit strange, I do know those decals and paint job only for the XCross model from 1990, but with 700C wheels and dropbar



Your's seem to be a regular 26 MTB, right?

 

[al]

A bit strange, I do know those decals and paint job only for the XCross model from 1990, but with 700C wheels and dropbar
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Your's seem to be a regular 26 MTB, right?

Yes 26", I was confused too...but here we are!

al.

 

[Imlach]

Well I bought this and dragged it home.
Plans are to take all the bits off and replace them with less bits, but nicer...watch the progress here.

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some high flange SS sturmey hubs and black bits galore..phwoarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[al]

So it looks like the Alpine LX came as a 26" option, as well as a 28"

al.

 

[al]

some high flange SS sturmey hubs and black bits galore..phwoarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I may have a pair of Pulstar wheels for it, but I'm at the going through boxes in the sted stage.

al.

 

[Imlach]

I may have a pair of Pulstar wheels for it, but I'm at the going through boxes in the sted stage.

al.

that'll do the trick

 

[joglo]

So it looks like the Alpine LX came as a 26" option, as well as a 28"

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interesting, never heard about another Alpine LX...
Where is this list from?
The regular brochure doesn't includes any information, also not other buyer guides for 1990

 

[al]

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/Alpinestars

al.

 

[al]

Just found out it's a 1" headtube too.

Rethink on forks underway.

al.