Dear All!
Finally, my first retro bike project is finished. It took almost three years from the first idea to these final beauty shots. Photos were made by http://bikeboard.at.
The idea behind the project was to realize my teenage dream. Back in 1993, these bikes were soooo expensive. Going still to school there was no chance to afford this dream bike. I wanted to close that open topic on my life list and decided to build the bike in a way as I would have done in 1993. Moreover, the build should use NOS time correct parts only. I achieved almost the goal, but could not find a NOS Gator Adroit frame.
This is the result:
Many thanks to all of you contributed to that project!
Here is the parts list in detail:
There is a story (sorry, in German only) on bikeboard.at with lots more photos: http://bikeboard.at/Board/Klein-Adroit-Gator-th207153
I gladly will post more photos and details here if you like!
All the best,
Robert
Finally, my first retro bike project is finished. It took almost three years from the first idea to these final beauty shots. Photos were made by http://bikeboard.at.
The idea behind the project was to realize my teenage dream. Back in 1993, these bikes were soooo expensive. Going still to school there was no chance to afford this dream bike. I wanted to close that open topic on my life list and decided to build the bike in a way as I would have done in 1993. Moreover, the build should use NOS time correct parts only. I achieved almost the goal, but could not find a NOS Gator Adroit frame.
This is the result:
Many thanks to all of you contributed to that project!
Here is the parts list in detail:
- MINT Klein Adroit 1993 18" fuselage in Gator Linear Fade
NOS Klein Adroit Starta fork MC1 Gator Linear Fade
NOS Klein MC1 unit 1992 135mm rise Gator Linear Fade
NOS Titan Canti Studs
NOS NIB Grafton Speedcontroller brakes turquoise
NOS Scott Mathauser brake pads
NOS Grafton Re Entry brake levers turquoise
NOS NIB Grafton Shifter Perches turquoise
NOS NIB Grafton Fat Finger turquoise
NOS Shimano XTR 900 Shifter
NOS Shimano XTR 900 rear mech, tuned with turquoise parts and pulleys
NOS Shimano XTR 900 front mech, tuned with turquoise screws
NOS Shimano XTR 900 cassette 12/28 with NOS turquoise TNT lockring
NOS NIB Shimano CN-7401 chain
NOS Klein Death Grip tires 2.10 gen. 1
NOS Ringle Super Bubba and Super Duper turquoise on NOS Araya RM395 rims 32 holes
NOS Ringle Ti-Stix Skewers set of three, turquoise
NOS Klein Adroit seatpost carbon reinforcement / MINT Ringle Moby Post turquoise gen. 1
NOS NIB Flite Evolution 1 Carbon Titanium saddle
NOS Grafton Joysitx black with NOS Shimano SG-X rings black
NOS Grafton Speed Trap pedals turquoise personally signed by John Grafton
NOS Klein Instinct Grips with Klein Logo
NOS Shimano XTR / SLR Cables grey
NOS Machine tech cranks bolts turquoise
NOS Machine tech Chainring bolts turquoise
NOS cable ferrules turquoise
NOS DT Swiss nipples turquoise
There is a story (sorry, in German only) on bikeboard.at with lots more photos: http://bikeboard.at/Board/Klein-Adroit-Gator-th207153
I gladly will post more photos and details here if you like!
All the best,
Robert
