My Daughter's (10yrs old) first retrobike - Alpinestars T24
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Cool, looks like a 29er from a distance 
I have a special little girl,.. I suggested to respray the bike but she did not like that, she did not want to loose the decals and she liked the original damaged look of the bike.
I told her that Gil can make perfect new decals but she still was not convinced so I ordered the new decals to show these.
Kirsten is now okay with a complete respray, in the original color scheme ,...but maybe with a little more sparkling (she is a girl off course)
Also we are going to replace some of the parts to make it a bit more lightweight and better and again she has the final saying in this
We replaced the Bar with a Nuke Proof Kevlar already, looks way better then the Titanium Titus Bar.
Other things she would like different : replace the brakes with the fluor yellow Magura's, the tires with white Onza's (don't think I will find these soon so i will have to look for a different option) , replace the wheel set with something lightweight (will probably replaced by some Chris King or TNT titanium hubed wheels) and looking for a good seat post and saddle
ow,.. almost forgot,. grip shift back on the bike,.. these shifters are to heavy for her thumbs
I told her that Gil can make perfect new decals but she still was not convinced so I ordered the new decals to show these.
Kirsten is now okay with a complete respray, in the original color scheme ,...but maybe with a little more sparkling (she is a girl off course)
Also we are going to replace some of the parts to make it a bit more lightweight and better and again she has the final saying in this
We replaced the Bar with a Nuke Proof Kevlar already, looks way better then the Titanium Titus Bar.
Other things she would like different : replace the brakes with the fluor yellow Magura's, the tires with white Onza's (don't think I will find these soon so i will have to look for a different option) , replace the wheel set with something lightweight (will probably replaced by some Chris King or TNT titanium hubed wheels) and looking for a good seat post and saddle
ow,.. almost forgot,. grip shift back on the bike,.. these shifters are to heavy for her thumbs
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Geax made some nice white tires, not retro though.
regan_ev":3a1tnhsb said:Great update Bas! Kirsten has better taste than some other RBers!
Thanks Regan,
Kirsten told me she would like the white to be something close to oister / pearl metallic and the front a pinkish/red metallic ,..
we'll see how that turns out
the only downside is that this will take a few weeks and she does not have a spare bike for the time being ,... i guess i will have a look for a second bike
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Defiant":23hh780t said:regan_ev":23hh780t said:Great update Bas! Kirsten has better taste than some other RBers!
Thanks Regan,
Kirsten told me she would like the white to be something close to oister / pearl metallic and the front a pinkish/red metallic ,..
we'll see how that turns out
the only downside is that this will take a few weeks and she does not have a spare bike for the time being ,... i guess i will have a look for a second bike
Get her a BSO so that she appreciates it even more when it is repainted
