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Old 06-24-13 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by enjoybikes
At the thrift today for $10. XT hubs, rear is 6 speed UG, pedals, thumb shifters, Suntour XCD derailleurs, Sugino cranks. 88/89ish. Chronic condition of old bikes found cheap... stuck seatpost. Arrgh.


Great score enjoybikes, I can't believe you only paid $10.00! I picked a minty Reflex ALX99 last months for my daughter's 8th birthday, her favorite colors are pink and blue, so it was too good to pass up. The bike was made here in the States, likely in the Raleigh facility for Easton. That is pretty nice that you could pick up a rare bike from a short period of a few years when Easton was making mountain bike, the frame is "screwed and glued" construction and Easton only produced the bike from 1988 until 1991 (possibly early 1992) before they caved to pressure from all the other bike manufacturers that were buying and building frames with Easton tubing. The anodizing on the aluminum main tubes still looks to be in nice condition. Those large cage XT pedals are some of my favorites, right up there with the Suntour XC II pedals... the pedals are worth three times what you paid for the bike... like I said, great score!

Here is a link to MOMBAT for info on Easton Reflex bikes:

http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Reflex.html

Here are a couple photos of my daughter's ALX99
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