*possibly* not a klein full suss

Very odd build indeed, hope my memory is not failing me again but I do remember reports saying that this frame was built to have rigid forks fitted to it :?
 
Gary designed the mantra to have a rigid fork as the rear end was desgined to act as front and rear suspension but he ended up putting sus forks on as he was told it wouldnt sell without.
The karma was basically a hybrid version on the mantra
 
dirtydozen":3ium92x7 said:
Gary designed the mantra to have a rigid fork as the rear end was desgined to act as front and rear suspension but he ended up putting sus forks on as he was told it wouldnt sell without.
The karma was basically a hybrid version on the mantra

Not so, the Karma was its own model. Yes, Klein made the 'Pave' hybrid version of it, but the original Karma was an off road machine with suspension forks, a single beam swing arm (as opposed to the Mantras triangle) and a piece of closed cell elastomer foam (poor at best) for the rear shock whereas the Mantra had a proper shock or spring/shock set-up, depending on the year of manufacture.
 
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