Klein Attitude build

[duncanthomas]

A friend spotted this Klein a couple of years ago and connected me with the owner. A year or so later, it was mine!
It was semi-complete, but had incorrect spindle length for the M900 cranks and a single-speed set-up on the rear. A mix of XT wheelset, brakes and seatpost, the rest of it was XTR and in great condition.



Overall, it was in pretty good condition for its age. It is well used, but there were no dents, and the paint is pretty good, apart from a section removed on the non-drive side top tube and small scratches and fading.

 

[Monkeeee01]

That paint job is amazing!!! Nice score

 

[Thias]

Nice one. What are your plans?

 

[duncanthomas]

A few months later I got the bike sent up with some extra goodies.



Stripped it down and gave it a good clean and polish. The old paint still has a great shine to it. A few chips and chain suck on it and the pink has lost a bit of its brightness and has some sun tanning, but over all I am stoked with it. I will be leaving the paint alone on this one.

 

[duncanthomas]

Test-fitted a set of Mavic Crossmax ceramic wheels. Slightly different era to the build, but I like them. Lovely wheelset and very light.

 

[duncanthomas]

M900 groupset except for the wheelset and seat post, which I have an old Syncros to use.






The new spindle and bearing arrived courtesy of KleinPainted.com. It was a lightning fast delivery to New Zealand, so I'm very happy! I'm pretty fortunate to have a local guru, Dave, who used to sell and service Kleins in Auckland and still had the correct factory tool for the job. Thank you, Dave!

 

[duncanthomas]

All done, rides so damn well. M900 shifting like a dream, and the ceramic pads and rims pull up great.










Still some minor tweaks I want to do. Nicer seatpost collar and possibly some all black smoke and darts, but that can wait for a while.

 

[jonrock]

Nice.
Glad you got the axle and bearings so quickly.
J

 

[vtwinvince]

Very nice build. I just picked up an Attitude in the 'Team USA' paint scheme. I'm debating how I'm going to build it, as I'd like to go period correct, so first need to establish build date.