Alpinestars Ti-Mega

It was worth the effort Si, even if we had to put up with you smelling of Autosol for the last 2 weeks

Yep I am loving that

Are you sure that's stem's long enough????

Eggy would be proud, dude.

Simod":qrij72s5 said:

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Seems to ride fine. These came with the straight Alpinestars aluminium fork as standard, which talking from experience, is even harsher than the Pepperoni. I have got a set of the Alpinestars but the steerer wasn't long enough. :cry: A titanium fork was offered as an option but i have never seen one of these. Maybe our resident Alpinestars ex-pro can shed some light on this - Flyingwelshman, what's your comments?
As for steel, well Alpinestars never intended this and then there is the problem of finding one - sadly you have got to go with what you can find with 1 1/4".

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tims still got a 1.25 alpinestars ti fork. ashok also has one that I saw for sale a few years ago on yetifan.com.
http://www.kalimotxo.com/mtb/parts_forks_titanium.html
1/2 way down the page on the far left.

nice build i've got a 1.25 judy ahead steerer that might fit if you ever decide to fit suspension fork.

Nice rider, and I agree with your logic for fitting the pepperoni.

Nice build Simod. Really nice - decals won't be easy to reporoduce though but if you need images drop me a line!

Inigo Montoya":u9nxhrxu said:

strange shifter combo
whats it about?

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A pretty common solution, actually. I like the twisties in the front too. To me the most logical front shifter style, regardless of how you're shifting in the back.

Well the 'Mega' had it's first race outing at the 24/12 at Newnham the other weekend - Heathy and i did a 12 hours pairs.

I couldn't believe the interest in the paddock before hand :shock: and the encouragement while out on the course was superb especially at the DJ tent! - thanks to everyone who commented. There were a lot of people who knew about Retrobike which is brilliant news!

The 'Mega' performed flawlessly - fast on the climbs, swooping in the singletrack and a bit of a handfull on the decents - just how i remember these bikes!

Many thanks to Heathy for an enjoyable event - I think we managed to keep each others spirits up and a cheeseburger at 1am has never tasted so good!

Nice to see an old Ti Mega being used. I still intend putting mine back to the same spec as when I rode it in the 1991 worlds. I gave my spare Ti Mega to my dad at the end of 1992 which is still in his ownership and not riden since the day I gave it him.

If anyone knows where I could get frame transfers copied I think I have spare sets kicking around from 91 and 92.

flyingwelshman":1j8gq22i said:

Nice to see an old Ti Mega being used. I still intend putting mine back to the same spec as when I rode it in the 1991 worlds. I gave my spare Ti Mega to my dad at the end of 1992 which is still in his ownership and not riden since the day I gave it him.

If anyone knows where I could get frame transfers copied I think I have spare sets kicking around from 91 and 92.

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any pics of it Tim?