Alpinestars CR400 Winter Beater

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A bit more of an update, drive chain now added, 10spd Shimano deore, also swapped the saddle until I find something more appropriate. Additionally I found a nice little seat post QR which I polished to within an inch of its life. So much more practical now.

I’m thinking that rather than repaint, I’ll pushing up the bare metal areas on the welds and clear coat them, I like the original paint too much!





Taking it out tomorrow night for a proper ride, can’t wait!

 

[Lostcause]

Good idea with the paint, looking great

 

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Good idea with the paint, looking great

Thanks! It’s not the tidiest welding, but for a first attempt I was happy. I’ll take it for the ride then strip it back to clean up the frame. Also thinking I will remove the rim brake mounts, possibly look at routing the cables underneath the top tube too. I will them be able to use the kids shotgun seat on it #DadBike

 

[Lostcause]

It will definitely look cleaner without the rim brake mounts. I’ve used 3M adhesive cable/hose mounts before and they’re pretty good.

 

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Good idea with the paint, looking great

I couldn’t wait to tidy it up:




Sanded and polished up a bit, then lined where polished meets paint with gloss black strips.

Actually looks much better than I thought it would.

I haven’t clear coated it yet, but I’ll spend more time on it over the next week or so.

 

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Just got home after the first ride with this build. It was a blast. Great fun, the bike felt superb! So much so I even managed to pin a 360 (of sorts) over a concrete pyramid at a skatepark that we rode through.

 

[Lostcause]

Good skills there

 

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Good skills there

Thanks mate, it was good fun taking it on a park and totally unexpected. Handled it surprising well though!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Very cool. I'd be on the floor bleeding

 

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Very cool. I'd be on the floor bleeding

Haha, I used to do a lot of trials biking, hence my builds always being a little more heavy duty than a typical XC component set - because I like to do silly stuff (I think the cool kids call it jibbing now?). The bike will likely outlast my back if I carry on