** 1991 ALVES 531 Custom **

this thread:

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was a prelude to this one!

so, i drove down to Glasgow today to pick up my PD-95 CD player from a service, and then nipped to Kinetics to pick up the newly finished Alves!

loving the colour, not quite what i was expecting, but i like it all the same!

have a few bits n bobs looked out for it already, but this is going to be a slow build, so will update as and when

here's how it looks and what i have ready so far

I just wanna put those last two images in a frame....

This is going to be amazing. I'm not a fan of standard greys, but I love the texture in that and the chrome works brilliantly.

Lovely. I reckon yellow decals would look ace against the grey. Would bring out the accents on the hubs as well. I would be tempted to stick a Mavic headset on it as well for some reason...

Will keep an eye on this one

Thanks for the positive comments!

It had a Mavic headset when it was first built, but it needs a 1 inch aheadset now as forks and stem require one

wanted cantis too, but forgot that at some point it was modified for V brakes

going to build it with silver brakes, seat post, bars etc, and I think a flight ti saddle

So does Velofrog... an Alves frame.... eh? Eh?.....

Oh suit yourselves.

Ooh that's justy Gorgeous with that combo of chrome and paint and i'm just loving that front fork as it's very retro indeed ..

tried to catch the rainbow flecks in the sunshine this morning, it's really a very nice paint job for powder coat!