Alpinestars bikes...do you remember them?

[stevenb]

Those strange shaped frames.
Elevated chainstays....just like some of the Rocky mountain bikes.
Has anyone got one?
Would like to see a pic.

 

[Smeggers]

Hideous paint schemes - pink, green and white?

 

[mickle]

The elevated stays were blatantly cribbed from Charlie Cunninghams Mantis circa 1984.

 

[spesh]

Hideous paint schemes - pink, green and white?

I vaguely recall a Jackson Pollock-style splatter paintjob, if that's what you mean.

And the Alpinestars clothing was no better - though that goes for just about everything available in the early 90s.

 

[Big Bren]

My brother still rides an Alpinestars MTB and yes, it has a hideous yellowy purpley kind of paintjob. It's vile and ugly, but he loves it to bits.

I'll try and get a pic to post next time we go out.

Bren

 

[stevenb]

That'd be cool Bren

I remember the polished silver ones they did.
I thought they looked the Nuts...
Mind you...the Canonndale V-Spec bikes were pretty wild looking.

 

[romeo]

do you remember the season before aplinestars came out? it was like there was another brand in 89 that just got bought into the alpinestars stable and badged up as alpine stars

im trying to think what they were called? Kloser? MK? MKStar?

does anyone else remember these?

 

[yenrod]

Serotta bikes any chance Romeo - BUT Steve, but Rocky Mountain Bikes: I'd still have one now if they are still available...BTW Are you Romeo from that south london town...that used to post on C+...

 

[gillan]

used to have an elevated chainstay job, xt groupset, alumininium frame

liked it a lot

stripped the hideous paintjob and polished up the aluminium

lovely

eventually one of the chanstays cracked...got it welded and sold on...not seen it since

PS they did know about the weld

 

[stevenb]

I got a nice picture of Rocky Mountain 'Experience' bike in my book here. Polished frame. Deore DX groupset and those 'Powergrips' that used to fix to your pedals.
Looks nice...even by today's standards.

 

[peekay76]

One of my mates had bought an elevated chainstay Rocky Mountain. I can't remember the name of it but he was well pleased when he first got it... until we labelled it his upside down girls bike.

 

[simonali]

Rocky Mountain Bikes: I'd still have one now if they are still available

http://www.bikes.com/index.aspx

Get your credit card out!

Some pics of a ti framed Alpinestars here, so no paintjob, unfortunately.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=2814

 

[stevenb]

That Merlin titanium rocks....the elevated chainstay one.

 

[02GF74]

yes, i remember. leveate stays were a bit of a fasjion think in the later 80s ro ealry 90s. Even Saracen, befpore they went down market, had them.