I first saw one of these when I was 13 years old, at Findon Village Cycle Shop, West Sussex !! God I miss that place !!! They were selling it for a local guy. I was riding at the time my Aluminium 'O' which seemed to be made of lead in comparison .... My God I had to have one !!
Picked this one up for £800 then second hand which was a serious amount of grovelling to my folks and All my saved money !! I wasnt dissapointed !! I loved riding it more than anything else before and since... Its to me the Only Klein ! There are other good ones but this is the real deal and its umistakeable !!
Unfortunately it got stolen from my back door whilst I was changing after a muddied up ride out over Amberly Mount, Arundel... The sods must have actually followed me home !! I did have it insured however and replaced it for the same eventually, after much hunting and a 250 mile journey North !! The 2nd one I made the absolute nuts...
Mint frame 17" Trick components everywhere !! Mavic derallieurs, Ringle Suppa Bubba Hubba 8 rear and front with Purple Sun rims and snowflake DT's. Moby post, kevlar smoke lite's, Drilled Dia Compe brakes, Titanium Everything !! Just the BB spindle alone cost £140 !! Madness .... In fact I think I still owed the shop some money for the Suppa Bubba I had on the strap !! That rear hub if I remember right was £360.00 !!!!!
Anyway..... Cant find pics of the second one as yet but at least I found this... Oh and a 1994 Klein catalogue and a 1995 if anyones interested ??
Happy New Year....
Picked this one up for £800 then second hand which was a serious amount of grovelling to my folks and All my saved money !! I wasnt dissapointed !! I loved riding it more than anything else before and since... Its to me the Only Klein ! There are other good ones but this is the real deal and its umistakeable !!
Unfortunately it got stolen from my back door whilst I was changing after a muddied up ride out over Amberly Mount, Arundel... The sods must have actually followed me home !! I did have it insured however and replaced it for the same eventually, after much hunting and a 250 mile journey North !! The 2nd one I made the absolute nuts...
Mint frame 17" Trick components everywhere !! Mavic derallieurs, Ringle Suppa Bubba Hubba 8 rear and front with Purple Sun rims and snowflake DT's. Moby post, kevlar smoke lite's, Drilled Dia Compe brakes, Titanium Everything !! Just the BB spindle alone cost £140 !! Madness .... In fact I think I still owed the shop some money for the Suppa Bubba I had on the strap !! That rear hub if I remember right was £360.00 !!!!!
Anyway..... Cant find pics of the second one as yet but at least I found this... Oh and a 1994 Klein catalogue and a 1995 if anyones interested ??
Happy New Year....