Retro mtb revival - Alpinestars AlMega DX

[@toastyrides]

Thanks for checking out the video, so _SO_ close to 10,000 subscribers 🤯 thanks to each and every one of you, and a huge thanks to Michel for making this video possible 🙌 Before anyone mentions, the noise isn’t the tyres but it might be wind into the bottom of the *(huge)* steerer tube? 🤔 who knows! Stoked to add this bike to the fleet, welcome Alpinestars!

[@bennyjmarston]

You definitely need to make a "ride smoothler" sticker!

[@toastyrides]

😆 taking notes! Haha thank you, will get some stickers sorted shortly 🙌

[@sopwerdna]

Glad to see you're using Soapy Wooder to clean out those hubs. I think that makes you an honorary Philadelphian

[@toastyrides]

Haha, I’m honoured! ❤

[@EriebyCycle]

I love the hum of the tires in the ride clips.

[@toastyrides]

Haha me too! Love the chunky tyre noise

[@johnssonnz]

Looks so good bro, i can't wait to see repaint... I am glad u have, find a small one for me.... Lol

[@DISCONNECT83]

"Smoothler" 🤣 Made my day! Congrats to youre 10.000 Subs! Cheers from Germany.✌🏼

[@MrWillyMatGlas]

This is a perfect frame for a Retro Direct Drive gear system from around 1903. Keep it up👍

[@here-be-ember]

What a cool frame design! My first thought when you put the chain on: Hey, you could turn that into a belt drive!

[@toastyrides]

Such a cool looking frame! Yeah that would be cool, it’s an option for a future setup 😎👍 might be step 3, as step 2 will be just a “general restoration” to get it closer to looking like an old mtb (and tidier)

[@brendonoid6133]

My favourite part of how well you clean up these old bikes is that immediately after you go out of your way to ride through puddles and mud. Giggling like a madman. I love it.

[@toastyrides]

Hahaha, that’s my favourite part too! 😆 can’t resist the puddles and mud 🤌🥳 gotta make the most of the weather

[@matforget6174]

So for you bike polo fans out there, frames like these are handy: the cog ratio for playing isn't viable for riding, but with a frame like this you can use a flipflop wheel with a polo cog and a riding cog, and keep two chains with the lengths to match. Since these old school frames have no chainstay you can easily swap them out! Thanks for the video, great stuff 😁

[@toastyrides]

Ha, that’s useful info! I suppose it would be better with horizontal dropouts? But still really cool, easy as chain swaps 🙌

[@matforget6174]

@@toastyrides Yes that's true about the drops 😁

[@gregrobertson9957]

Keep this one! Super rare and your size. Look forward to your complete resto.

[@alessiosgroi4735]

Fantastico video👍.adoro questa mtb.mi piace vedere costruirla e provarla su strada e fuoristrada.ottimo lavoro💖

[@toastyrides]

Thank you!! I’m glad you liked the video ❤ greetings from New Zealand 🤙

[@caseypleasant1922]

If there was ever a bike that was exactly your style, it's this one. It's cool looking the way you did the quick build....I know it will look even better once you strip it back down and do it completely the way you want

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! I love how funky looking it is, and that gusset on the downtube looks awesome too. The rear seat stays curving around is beautiful, so many cool features on it! I really like this “step” style, on this bike, for some reason. That way I get to enjoy it in a few different variations, I guess? The next one “step 2” will be similar but fresh, like a retro mtb build I suppose. Then step 3 later in the year/next year will be a comfier/simpler setup I think! 😎👍

[@2NDLIFEBIKES]

Charge spoons are the best!!! Great video as always! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future! ✌🏼

[@toastyrides]

I’m new to them, but can agree! Quite liking this one, will pick up a tidier one soon I think 😎 thanks, Craig! Can’t wait for the decals to show up and get some fresh paint on it 🤩 not looking forward to all the polishing, though 😅

[@draggonhedd]

I love these ECS frames. Those pink wheels are sick, I really like em. Also i have always said and heard "OW-ree"

[@toastyrides]

Same! Hard to find in my size, also have a GaryFisher one I’ll be building up soon 😎👍 Yup that makes sense, the more I say it the less it sounds right 😅

[@draggonhedd]

@@toastyrides I'm looking for a nice one like that with the extended chainstay bracing for a belt drive build. Because the chain/belt doesnt have to go through the triangle, it makes belt drives super easy to do. Be careful with those gary fishers, I assume its an early hoo koo? They like to crack the seat tube at the chainstay weld.

[@wilyamiyoo]

Just got my 1990s Bridgestone with a full DX set on it, it was only made from 1990 to 1993 and was the equivalent XT to the Deore range until XTR was release in '94. No wonder they're very great performers as they really were the mid-tier model of the lineup.

[@ramskrall]

It's a Nice build but I know the chromo is better when riding I've had the aluminium version a fair few times but the chromo is a delightful difference 👌, great vid👍👍👍👍👍

[@tecdesigns8183]

Always wondered how these rode with the short backend. A friend had the xt all mega in the 90s but I only rode it around his cul de sac. The frames do seem to be cropping up on ebay here in the UK.

[@VonWarwick]

The cromega is on my list of psychological needs

[@Sim_racer_40oz]

✌️&❤️ old school MTB

[@toastyrides]

🫶 that’s also a cool name/album 🤌🤙💖

[@Sim_racer_40oz]

@@toastyrides lot of great songs on that album 💿.

[@mauriciomejia8041]

Beauty

[@albertgarcia8189]

Nice bike

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! 🎉

[@viviennepatterson5950]

Nice!

[@caseypleasant1922]

😆 I think it's cool that even the bike lanes are on the opposite side.... I'm from America so it looks so odd to me

[@toastyrides]

Haha I bet! Would be funny to try riding on the opposite side 😅 like driving, but the cycleways are quieter and run all over the place. Would be tough 😆 I quite liking watching random cycling videos roaming around in different countries 🤌

[@Cro.Mo.Sapien]

Call him Toast Malone cause he got 'em saying "wow"

[@toastyrides]

😂🎉 that’s hilarious

[@carlosluna2749]

I love your videos.

[@toastyrides]

Thanks, Carlos 🙌💖 glad you enjoyed it 🤙

[@fredrikmunkby3562]

Nice! I have a Cro Mega that I am about to set up. What was the thing about the farrels for the brake and gear cables you talked about?

[@toastyrides]

Ooh lovely, I’m doing a paintjob sort of inspired by a CroMega 😎👍 I think it’s specific to the alloy frames, as they have these weird cable stops. The ones along the toptube require either a barrel adjuster or a thick ferrule to hold the cable in the cable stop. For some reason they made the cable stops (that’s really just a barrel) to accept a strange sized ferrule that then acts as the stop, not just a cable ferrule 🤷‍♂️

[@donttouchthisatall]

Aweosme build as always! Love your channel - Gives me sooo much inspiration to work on my own retro bikes. One quick question: Where do you get your decals from? I got an old 80ties road bike with pretty scruffy looking decals i'd love to change.

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! That’s cool to hear, what are you working on currently/previously?! I’m getting the Alpinestars from RetroDecals in the Uk but there’s also VeloCals in the states(the StumpJumper decals), Cyclmondo in Aus, H-Lloyd cycles in the UK too. One of those should be able to help! 🤙

[@donttouchthisatall]

@@toastyrides Ah cool! RetroDecals should work then (I am in the EU). Thanks for getting back so quickly! 👋

[@TheBassman396]

I have always love bikes with a suspended BB I don’t know why lol

[@brettcrombie9671]

Now I see where the wheels ended up.....

[@KA-hd8sg]

i have a black alpine star. where can i get decals like yours?

[@MonkeyShred]

YOU'VE NEVER TRIED A CHARGE SPOON BEFORE??

[@toastyrides]

NO 😂 normally things are overhyped so I don’t explore “the obvious” choices. It’s good though! _(but it still sucks compared to a Brooks)_

[@toastyrides]

YOU NEVER SUGGESTED A SPOON

[@michaelhayward7572]

Its a US thing i think. Not big in Europe or the UK at all.

[@MonkeyShred]

@@toastyrides 😮😮😮😮🥺 but I always ride Spoon’s. Looking forward to the new paint in the future 😉

[@toastyrides]

Haha I did notice, that may have subconsciously swayed me to pick this beaten one up 😆 Me too! Will look nice all freshly painted and with tanwalls 😎🤌 won’t be as nice as that Handjob, though!