rhyscycles
Retro Guru
Re: Forks and Stem
Having found the frame I needed to find the forks and stem. I had some luck on the auction site having found a pair of 91 cromo blades but i really wanted the 92 ODSystem forks. I've always liked the bigger fork.
I've learnt with these builds that it's about patience, waiting for the right item to present itself and after many months of hunting these beauties appeared. These forks were even cooler having been repainted to match the pattern of the Alpinestars shoes of the early 90's and I would have loved to have seen the paint matched frame these were originally paired with.
Like so many people on here I'm a huge fan of the Klein paint schemes and their matched fuselage components and wanted to replicate the 'fuselage' for this build.
Originally you could have Alpinestars own stem/components but most were recalled and the few i've seen are either damaged or not for sale. But I wanted something cooler and there is a bit of an American/USA theme to the majority of the brands I want to use for this build.....so I tracked down this A-TAC stem indirectly from Scant, not a great colour but this didn't matter as it'll get painted.
Having found the frame I needed to find the forks and stem. I had some luck on the auction site having found a pair of 91 cromo blades but i really wanted the 92 ODSystem forks. I've always liked the bigger fork.
I've learnt with these builds that it's about patience, waiting for the right item to present itself and after many months of hunting these beauties appeared. These forks were even cooler having been repainted to match the pattern of the Alpinestars shoes of the early 90's and I would have loved to have seen the paint matched frame these were originally paired with.
Like so many people on here I'm a huge fan of the Klein paint schemes and their matched fuselage components and wanted to replicate the 'fuselage' for this build.
Originally you could have Alpinestars own stem/components but most were recalled and the few i've seen are either damaged or not for sale. But I wanted something cooler and there is a bit of an American/USA theme to the majority of the brands I want to use for this build.....so I tracked down this A-TAC stem indirectly from Scant, not a great colour but this didn't matter as it'll get painted.