BoTM December 2009 - Nomination please

m_lorz":2n3qi7c7 said:

Okay, let's give it a try.

This a kind of a special bike and a lot of people will ask "what is this"

Here are the specs:

• Frame: 1991 KLEIN Attitude "Reese's", XL (22")
  Fork: KLEIN Unicrown "Reese's", XL
  Headset: KLEIN integrated MC1
  Bar / Stem: KLEIN MC1
  Grips: ODI
  
  Full Group: Shimano XTR 900 which includes
  Brakes
  Shifters / STI-Combo
  Derailleur & Shifter
  Cables: Gore-Ride-On
  Cranks: Syncros Revolution, Custom Painted to fit frame / fork
  Wheels front: XTR hub, DT spokes (radial), Araya rim, Specialized 1991 tire
  Wheels back: Tioga Tension Disk, XTR, 12-32 8-speed cassette, Specialized 1991 tire
  Skewers: Tune AC15 (the oooold ones)
  Seat post: Control Tech
  Saddle: Flite Titanium 1st generation

Now the story to the bike: It came over from the US 3 years ago and circulated a bit on ebay.de, but no one was sure about it 'cause of the color.

So, I decided to buy it in 2008 and started to investigate:

The bike is a "once only" built custom spray for the Managing Director for Reese's (a cake made by the brand Hershey's in the US) and the color of the frame is the color of the cake packaging. The black "dotted lines" are the profile of the cut cake, to make it look alike". Found this out by research in NYC last year and bought the matching t-shirt (see pictures).

Then built it up piece by piece to match the year, hunted for a fork (that was nasty) and made it paint in the same was as the frame...2 yrs. of work, but worth it.

The bike is being ridden frequently in the summer and was awarded "Bike of the Event" of the 2009 "KLEIN meets KLEIN" summit in Germany.

Hope you like it and make it bike of the month, I think it would be worth it.

Any questions / comments are welcome, Matt

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gm1230126":2m77kwsl said:

Let me get this straight......you are asking for us to vote for a "plain Jane" production bike wrapped in a a candy bar wrapper paint scheme for bike of the month???......sheesh! There's been many "marketing relationship" bikes done over the years but I wouldn't say this is one of the better ones.

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gm1230126":2gxhb8o5 said:

The Reese's /Klein should be disqualified......per the rules all entries are only allowed a max of two pictures. See....Rule #8. Two pictures per bike only.

@Matt....I've been playing this game a while too bro and yes have experienced waiting months and even over a year for that "right part". So know where you are coming from....all of us do :shock:

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m_lorz":2g9rizl7 said:

Was just too enthousiastic when I posted it and did not go into the details of the rulebook, now back to 2 pics.

Regards, Matt

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gm1230126":1no44swk said:

The Reese's /Klein should be disqualified......per the rules all entries are only allowed a max of two pictures. See....Rule #8. Two pictures per bike only.

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