Alpinestars Almega XTR (1992)

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Hello

I wanted to show you another bike of my retro collection... the 1992 Alpinestars Almega XTR flagship from the Alpinestars catalogue. These frames are made of Easton VariLite aluminum tubing and came with XTR M900 series components which were introduced in the same year of 1992.


Bought the 19 inch frame together with the original fork, stem and bar and built it up with XTR M900 parts as it was available back in 1992. Here in an early stage of the built up.

The search for XTR M900 parts could begin.


As tires I decided to put on a pair of Wolber Avoriaz. These were the first tubeless tires back then, but that tubeless tire system could not prevail at that time.


First ride after its built up




I later made slight changes on the bike, such as ODI Attack grips, silver Gorilla boosters and XTR M900 quick releases etc.

Hope you like it

Olli

 

[Retro Spud]

Looks so much nicer with the changes you made - especially the tyres

 

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Looks so much nicer with the changes you made - especially the tyres

Thank you

I had no wheels for the Alpinestars frame when it arrived. So I removed the wheels with the white Geax tires from my GT Zaskar to see how it looks with some wheels attached.

 

[M-Power]

I got a thang for white tyres How does it ride and whats the feedback on the fork ?

 

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I got a thang for white tyres How does it ride and whats the feedback on the fork ?

Hi mate

The Alpinestars drives awesome and the XTR M900 components still work fine on the meanwhile 30 years old bike. The big ODS aluminum fork is certainly very hard as you can probably imagine. After a few minutes of driving you can feel it in your wrists. But this fork is super stiff and stable. If I put my trust in an aluminum fork, it's the one on the Alpinestars. With soft and thick rubber grips on the bar the pain in the wrists is bearable.

BTW: I also love white tires. In the early 90s white Onza Racing Porcs and later Panaracer Magic. But I still have a vintage set of NOS Onza Racing Porcs on my GT Richter 8.0 but they are not for driving.

On my 92' Zaskar I drive on white Geax Saguaro. Not vintage, but nevertheless it looks nice and they drive well


Regards,
Olli

 

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New Decals arrived





Regards
Olli

 

[TreaderSteve]

Oosh, saucy!!

 

[stevet1]

Love it but be careful riding it, they had a habit of cracking at the headtube.

 

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Love it but be careful riding it, they had a habit of cracking at the headtube.

I know... and they also have a habit of cracking at the seattube

 

[vtwinvince]

Very nice, I love these ECS designs. But I thought M900 debuted in '91?