Decided to take on a project having been inspired by some of the great builds on this site. As the bike I did most of my riding on bitd was an alpinestars al-mega dx I always really fancied getting another. But the fragility of the aluminium frame is a concern so I decided cro-mega.

Picked this up today from cromega and it will be the donor for the build.



The plan is to paint it like a 1991 al-mega dx as I think it is the best alpinestars paint job and build it with parts from the 90's that I have kicking around. It's going to be a rider so I want v brakes and 8 speed drivetrain.

This is my al-mega back in 1991 and what I hope the cro-mega will look like once it's finished.

excellent

get on with it then

...yeah, talk is cheap!

Seriously though, it was a cro-mega which began my rocky road to ruin; I now have two, plus all the other stuff I just had to have

Stripped the frame and now ready to go to Bob Jacksons to get the seatpost out. Stripped the front wheel and cleaned the rim and hub ready for rebuild.

The story so far:


Doesn't seem much for 4 hours work.

Most excellent, i put in an offer on this bike too, and was surprised to see it back on here after it sold on evilbay, someone else's loss is your gain. Are you going back to original colours?

I nearly asked that, despite having read what he's already put...

Got to be. That respray is nasty IMHO

Doh!

The frame is back without the seatpost and now I can start getting the paint off the frame & forks. So thanks to all at Bob Jacksons in Leeds for a top job and quick turn around.




Is it a good idea to treat the inside of the tubes whilst Ive got it apart? I saw something once where someone put some kind of steel preserving fluid in a frame but I can't remember the details.

prolly best painted first

who's painting it ?

I might do it myself. The fluro paints aren't used much now so It's hard to get it done in a shop.
Can someone tell me what size bb I need for this frame? Ta.

hi was the seat post a easy job?

you dont mess around do ya! nice to see it went to a good home.

...........68 x 122.5

No. I couldn't get it out. I took it to Bob Jacksons and they got some heat on it and it came out in one piece. The heat took the paint off the seat tube so I'm now getting the rest it off ready for a new paint job.

Should keep me busy for a couple of weeks.

cheers Stevo. I am thinking of a Shimano UN54 bb. Do you know if these are any good?