Alpinestars Al Mega Lx

[chrisv40]

Collected this Sunday night and i am pleasantly surprised by the overall condition. Can anyone tell me about the original spec, it has an Exage 500 Lx rear mech, Deore Lx front mech, the chainset looks original, and it had non matching cantis which i have swapped for black Lx for the moment. One pair of cantis were Exage would these have been the originals? Before anyone asks the frame is in great shape with no cracks and the previous owner had it for years and rode it quite hard. Thanks for any help.

 

[utahdog2003]

I would think it would be full LX.

 

[chrisv40]

Yes but were does the Exage 500 Lx mech fit into shimanos line up (its a 1992 by the way), was this classed as Lx?

 

[MJN]

No,a bit further down the range.

 

[sinnett177]

It's a 1991 for sure. The catalogue is in the scans section. The al-mega did not exist i'm afraid, they did dx and xt only in 1991, so has had a groupset change at some point if indeed it is aluminium. The paint has been resprayed also at some point. Just be aware that the 91 al-mega's are expecially prone to cracking.

Hope this helps.

 

[chrisv40]

Yep definitely aluminium and it was resprayed a few years ago, so should i be looking for Dx? What year did the Al Mega Lx come out then?

 

[chrisv40]

Regarding the problem of cracking if it has survived 18 years of being used as it was intended how likely is it to happen now? Surely some of them were built properly or there wouldn't be any left.

 

[MJN]

Regarding the problem of cracking if it has survived 18 years of being used as it was intended how likely is it to happen now? Surely some of them were built properly or there wouldn't be any left.

Very,even some NOS ones have cracked without ever being ridden.May never happen though,ride it and enjoy.

 

[chrisv40]

Well only paid 50 quid so if it cracks it cracks.

 

[dirtjumper_dmr]

Well only paid 50 quid so if it cracks it cracks.

that was a good buy the colour looks nice but i'd strip it and polish and then liberally coat it in deore dx