Alpinestars AL-S930 (1995 or 1996)

[Optikal]

My mom happened to work for the Alpinestars corporate offices in Torrance California in the early 90’s and my parents still have 1 unboxed bike and 1 unboxed frame in their garage or attic somewhere. The full bike i believe is a 1994 AL-D900 which was their top of the line aluminum frame model with the Shimano XTR components throughout. The unboxed frame is the full suspension AL-S930 (that’s the same MTB I’ve had since then and the pictures shared with this post).

However I can’t find any information on the AL-S930 full suspension frame and I believe it must be a 1995 or possibly 1996 model (the last year Alpinestars released new MTBs according to online accounts and that Wikipedia thing).

Does anyone happen to have a 1995 or 96 Alpinestars catalog or any details they can share on this pioneering full suspension MTB frame or bike?

 

[Optikal]

All original parts still in use except for some minor upgrades:
1) New Mag Pedals in yellow to match the OG Judy Rock Shox.
2) Handlebar riser (used to use a Yepp front mounted toddler seat for my kids)
3) Tires downsized to 26 x 1.9 from 26 x 2.25 (trying to make this my gravel bike now lol)
4) About 6 years ago (after about 20 years in use), I had to have the Fox rear suspension completely rebuilt. Same OEM part that originally came with the frame

 

[joglo]

These Alpinestars catalogs are awesome. My mom happened to work for the Alpinestars corporate offices in Torrance California in the early 90’s and my parents still have 1 unboxed bike and 1 unboxed frame in their garage or attic somewhere. The full bike is the 1994 AL-D900 their top of the line aluminum frame model with the Shimano XTR components throughout.

wow

The unboxed frame is the full suspension AL-S930 (that’s the same MTB I’ve had since then and the pictures shared with this post).
However I can’t find any information on the AL-S930 full suspension frame and I believe it must be a 1995 or possibly 1996 model (the last year Alpinestars released new MTBs according to online accounts and that Wikipedia thing).

Mombat has (had) one of those

MOMBAT: 1995 Alpinestars full suspension

Short description of your site here.

mombatbicycles.com

and in a german bike forum there is a nice thread about a similar AL-940

Alpinestars RSA940 von 1995 Aufbauthread, earthquake Jake Watson, Oscar Saiz, Downhill

Weil ich mich sehr über meinen Neuerwerb freue, möchte ich Euch am Aufbau des Rades teilhaben lassen. Auch in Erinnerung an eine legendäre Zeit, in der sich Downhillpiloten noch mit Cantilever Bremsen und Elastomergabeln in den Abhang stürzten. Da wirklich wenig im Netz auffindbar ist, freue...

www.mtb-news.de

and on MTBR another one

https://www.mtbr.com/threads/rebuilding-help-earthquake-jake-watson-1996-alpinestars-rsa-940-downhill-bike.935310/

both are even including pics and videos from BITD when this bike was used for Downhill racing.

Other than that, i think it's rare, not even sure if this went officially on sale in all regions

Does anyone happen to have a 1995 or 96 Alpinestars catalog or any details they can share on this pioneering full suspension MTB frame or bike?

because later model lists aren't including this.
At least not the ones i do have for 95 and 96 from the Buyers guide of the German Bike Magazine

The MS Racing/alpinestars story.

Its seems a number of manufacturers switched from rear U-brakes to cantis during production runs. I had a late 80's Rocky Fusion with the U-brake but you could find effectively the same bike with cantis' front and rear. wouldn't surprise me if they used a U-brake for the promotional models and...

www.retrobike.co.uk

The overall thread linked might be also a good read for you or the perfect place to share a bit your private background about Alpinestars and your NOS bikes.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Moved from a thread in the catalogues so all can see the bike
Typed the title in wrong, but you'll have to fix it, I can't do anything in this section.

If anyone does have the catalogues you know where to put them
Came from this thread.

Alpinestars 1993 and 1994 catalogs

Hi, there is an older thread with 1993 Alpinestars catalog pictures, but those do have that bothering imageshare watermark. Therefore another one attached. Moreover also the 1994 catalog. I hope interesting for you guys too.

www.retrobike.co.uk

@al anything you know from old suspension land?