Rescued.. Alpinestars Al-Mega DX

[chiswickcollectables]

Oh I've been well and truly on the hook for years.. new bikes, old bikes (must be MTB). Unfortunately my wife has not always been very understanding. I try to tell her that bikes (like any decent hobby) are an addiction; but no it just falls on deaf ears.

But now I've found RB I am amongst other suffers of the addiction. No longer do I feel alone when I get overly excited when seeing an old Marin with bright yellow or pink forks or a mint Panaracer Smoke tyre on eBay

I can proudly stand tall with a group of well-wishers’ and say.... "My name is Craig and I am a bike-aholic!"

No worries about bidding me up on eBay mate over that AS.. I'll pm you my Paypal details..... 25 quid should cover it

 

[mikee]

£25

thats damm reasonable of you

 

[chiswickcollectables]

HI folks.... quick updizzle...

I was on a nightshift last night so rather than go to kip when I got in this morning I thought I'd get cracking on with the new/old AS.

As you can guess from the state of our bathroom the lady was at work; she's due home any minute and the house still stinks of gunk and T-Cut!!

Anyhow some work in progress pics for ya'll.. I was hoping to take more but you know how it is; Park tool in one hand and a filthy rag in the other leaves no hand for camera.

Hope to have it finished soon so will post the end result.

Its what bath tubs were made for..

I found these rather spiffing IRC amberwalls from that therre t'interweb. Shop called Bike+, two tyres for a tenner.

 

[GT-Steve]

Yeah, that looks good indeed.

Amber wall IRC's were made for e-stay A-stars IMO, I've got a set on my 92 XT and it just looks coooooool with them on....

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Yeah, that looks good indeed.

Amber wall IRC's were made for e-stay A-stars IMO, I've got a set on my 92 XT and it just looks coooooool with them on....

Mate.. just checked out your 92 XT; that is an absolute beauty!! It just looks so slick . You're right the IRC's really set things off.. I'm not sure of the shop's stock levels but two tyres for just ten quid..... me thinks it would be wise to stock-pile.

 

[mikee]

that bathtub shot is almost pornographic m8

it's my screen saver for now

 

[chiswickcollectables]

that bathtub shot is almost pornographic m8

it's my screen saver for now

I wonder how many off us use the bath tub for cleaning our prized machines? Might have to start a bath-tub thread... just hope things don't get too kinky :shock:

 

[brocklanders023]

Yeah, that looks good indeed.

Amber wall IRC's were made for e-stay A-stars IMO, I've got a set on my 92 XT and it just looks coooooool with them on....

Good usable rubber as well. I used mine at the weekend and only fell off once (the tyres played no part in the tumble). Gonna have to get another pair 'cos mine are dirty now :cry:

 

[mikee]

lets see your bote's mr chiswickcollectables

please

i'll show you mine

 

[chiswickcollectables]

lets see your bote's mr chiswickcollectables

please

i'll show you mine

Hey buddy.. unfortunately due to space constraints my stock isn't all in one place.. all I can show you for now is the Peps from my '91 SM800. Some of the aluminium on both frame and fork is corroding which is causing the plaint to flake; the plan is to right this and get it looking tiptop. Look out for my upcoming threads on my Dales’.

Here’s a quick pic of the AS (now finished)........ I’m hoping to get out on it this weekend so I’ll be following up with some more ‘special’ pictures.

Cheers
Craig