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Alpinestars
PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:12 pm 
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Hi guys! My name is Alberto! I have a vintage Alpinestras Al-mega E735 and I was just waiting to refurbish it because I think it's more than beautiful!!! :D
First of all, I'm from a little town near Treviso in Italy and the Alpinestars' factory is about 15 km from home. My father bought this bike in 1993 directly from the factory. This was the team's bike but I can't find any infos about this model. Maybe you can help me!! :D
Last month I decided that it was the time to start the project.
For now I can only post some pictures of the frame, wheels and the forks.
The frame has been cleaned and chromed as it was in 1993 with new stickers (the same as the original ones).
The wheels are Rigida CSB, painted with the same blu as the "Alpinestars" stickers.
The forks are Manitou answer three in nearly new conditions.
Here some pictures of the components! In February pictures of the bike completed!!

the frame!

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The rims!

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..and the forks!

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That's it for now!!

Cheers

Alberto


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GT-Steve
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Verrry nice, and shiny...

A strong start there. Looking forward to this build. 8) 8)
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That frame looks lovely, looking forward to seeing the finished bike. 8)
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welcome
looks good

when you say the frame is chromed do you mean chrome plated
or just highly polished ?
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marc two tone
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:16 pm 
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wow, looks amazing alberto!

manitou front sus aswell. keep us informed.

do you have brake mount studs and rear mech hanger sorted out?

welcome to retrobike.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:01 pm 
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mikee wrote:
welcome
looks good

when you say the frame is chromed do you mean chrome plated
or just highly polished ?

No no it's just highly polished! :D Sorry!


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:03 pm 
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marc two tone wrote:
wow, looks amazing alberto!

manitou front sus aswell. keep us informed.

do you have brake mount studs and rear mech hanger sorted out?

welcome to retrobike.

Hi! Thanks! Mmm.. What do you mean?
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very nice. will the brakes be ok on the painted rims?
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welcome to retrobike........very nice frame too!.....
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:57 pm 
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Hey Alberto

Welcome

Great way to make an entrance!

That frame is a thing of beauty and you have a good flair for photography

Check out my Manitou Three forks over here

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129920&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

Your bike is going to look AMAZING

But yeah, what's the situation with the painted rims and your brakes?
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Alpinestars
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:16 am 
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hydorah wrote:
Hey Alberto

Welcome

Great way to make an entrance!

That frame is a thing of beauty and you have a good flair for photography

Check out my Manitou Three forks over here

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129920&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

Your bike is going to look AMAZING

But yeah, what's the situation with the painted rims and your brakes?


Thank you very much! The rims have been protected with some scotch even in the borders!! :D
Beautiful forks yours! I love them! :oops:
But, just a question, your forks seems to have more travel than mine, did you modify something?
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"do you have brake mount studs and rear mech hanger sorted out"

....He means that the parts of the frame that the brakes join to are missing in the photos
...also the part that the derailleur joins to is missing.

My guess is you have just removed these parts while you are doing work on the frame.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:51 am 
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raymondluxuryyacht wrote:
"do you have brake mount studs and rear mech hanger sorted out"

....He means that the parts of the frame that the brakes join to are missing in the photos
...also the part that the derailleur joins to is missing.

My guess is you have just removed these parts while you are doing work on the frame.

Oh yes!!! Obviously!! In these pictures the frame was just polished! The parts had been removed previously!
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Alberto, wow what a great frame and project you have. I've never really paid that much attention to the '93 bikes but I will be doing to this build thread.

It's named E-735 because of the Elevated frame and the M735 XT groupset, the same frame was used on the E-900 that the team riders used during 1993.

Here is a shot from the '93 brochure for you:


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Thank you very much for the infos Sinnett!!
When my father bought this bike directly from the Alpinestars' factory, it was just come back from a test published in a (1993-4?) mtb magazine. The groupset when bought was XTR and the forks were a strage unidentified american (as they said) model.
Unfortunately my father sold the forks in 1994 for a brand new Rock Shox Judy, but the XTR groupset is safe!


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