Fam Allen
Retro Guru
Back in January I posted a Wanted thread looking for a new build for the year ahead. Three bikes featured on the shortlist …
* '91-'93 Alpinestars Al-Mega DX or XT EOS
* '90 Explosif in the black and purple splatter livery
* '88-'92 Orange Clockwork in iconic white and orange fade livery
I searched the forums for a good month or so for possible contenders, pestering a good few Retrobike peeps along the way … apologies.
Other frames considered too during those following 6-8 weeks, RM Altitude, Overbury Pioneer, Pace RC200, but for various reasons I didn’t get any over the line.
As is typically the way with these things, right at the end of Feb two fantastic opportunities fell in my lap. Ben (@boy"O"boy ) settled on selling one of his impressively restored Raleigh Dyna-Tech Endeavours. Always hankered after one of these, and as demonstrated by his incredible build thread that has become the ultimate knowledge of all and everything to do with the Endeavour, they are a genuine rarity. Ben generously delivered frame, stem and bars to my door early in March. Still massively grateful to you Ben!
Within the week following, opportunity two came along. A sorry looking, but almost entirely original 1991 Alpinestars Al-Mega DX appeared on eBay at a more than reasonable price. Assuming the norm, I queried the seller about cracks ... surprisingly nothing obvious, so committed to the purchase and promptly arranged collection the next day.
So from nothing in January, I now have not one, but two builds which I’m genuinely very excited about getting started with in 2025!
I’ll be posting the progress of the Al-Mega build in this thread and will be creating another for the Endeavour shortly.
* '91-'93 Alpinestars Al-Mega DX or XT EOS
* '90 Explosif in the black and purple splatter livery
* '88-'92 Orange Clockwork in iconic white and orange fade livery
I searched the forums for a good month or so for possible contenders, pestering a good few Retrobike peeps along the way … apologies.
Other frames considered too during those following 6-8 weeks, RM Altitude, Overbury Pioneer, Pace RC200, but for various reasons I didn’t get any over the line.
As is typically the way with these things, right at the end of Feb two fantastic opportunities fell in my lap. Ben (@boy"O"boy ) settled on selling one of his impressively restored Raleigh Dyna-Tech Endeavours. Always hankered after one of these, and as demonstrated by his incredible build thread that has become the ultimate knowledge of all and everything to do with the Endeavour, they are a genuine rarity. Ben generously delivered frame, stem and bars to my door early in March. Still massively grateful to you Ben!
Within the week following, opportunity two came along. A sorry looking, but almost entirely original 1991 Alpinestars Al-Mega DX appeared on eBay at a more than reasonable price. Assuming the norm, I queried the seller about cracks ... surprisingly nothing obvious, so committed to the purchase and promptly arranged collection the next day.
So from nothing in January, I now have not one, but two builds which I’m genuinely very excited about getting started with in 2025!
I’ll be posting the progress of the Al-Mega build in this thread and will be creating another for the Endeavour shortly.
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