1992 Al-Mega XTR. This two-page advert is from Mountain Biker magazine (dated January 1992) and marks the introduction of the new flagship (full bike) model* using Shmiano's new XTR groupset for the first time.
Notice the slight difference with production models:
• Fork is different - my '92 XTR does not have clamp-on canti mounts like these, which look to be a '91 spec fork;
• Decals are slightly different - the AL MEGA is coloured instead of being white and surrounded with coloured 'paint strips', and the 'XTR' and 'System' are black, not white;
• Stem is different, with a single clamp bolt and black colour, production version was a nickel finish with twin clamp bolts and Alpinestars logo
• Lastly, the pedals are either non-Shimano or they have been 'photoshopped' to hide the 'Deore XT' logos on the PD-M735 that came on the XTR model.
* The Ti Mega titanium model was not available as a full bike, but as a frame only, or frameset with choice of forks, stem, bars and seatpost.
Notice the slight difference with production models:
• Fork is different - my '92 XTR does not have clamp-on canti mounts like these, which look to be a '91 spec fork;
• Decals are slightly different - the AL MEGA is coloured instead of being white and surrounded with coloured 'paint strips', and the 'XTR' and 'System' are black, not white;
• Stem is different, with a single clamp bolt and black colour, production version was a nickel finish with twin clamp bolts and Alpinestars logo
• Lastly, the pedals are either non-Shimano or they have been 'photoshopped' to hide the 'Deore XT' logos on the PD-M735 that came on the XTR model.
* The Ti Mega titanium model was not available as a full bike, but as a frame only, or frameset with choice of forks, stem, bars and seatpost.
