PIGEON
Retro Guru
Here is my latest acquisition, The seller told me it's a Rascal but I'm not 100% positive, could also be a Fervor as fas as I know so if you know your Kleins please shed some light!)
Bought it off a friendly bloke who updated the bike with modern components. I'm happy with the Marzocchi forks (will remove the horrid decals though) and Magura brakes because of functionality, but the stem and bar (both Ritchey), bar ends and seatpost (both Pro) will eventually be replaced by something more retro/better looking.
There are some purple ano bits on their way, not really sure how the purple ano will look coupled with the red brakes but we'll see, I already have a purple ano handlebar and I think the colours go together pretty well.
These are some pictures of what it looked like when I bought it, this was mere minutes after we closed the deal:
The seat was too high for me and the seller gave me a discount because the freehub has seized. Managed to repair it so that was a nice bonus. Here's some pics of what it looks like now:
Still debating whether I should get a pair of skinwall tyres.. Did a quick photoshop, tell me what you think!
Apologies for the phone pics, I'll take it out for a better photoshoot once the purple parts have been mounted!
*edit: '93 changed to '94, made a mistake
Bought it off a friendly bloke who updated the bike with modern components. I'm happy with the Marzocchi forks (will remove the horrid decals though) and Magura brakes because of functionality, but the stem and bar (both Ritchey), bar ends and seatpost (both Pro) will eventually be replaced by something more retro/better looking.
There are some purple ano bits on their way, not really sure how the purple ano will look coupled with the red brakes but we'll see, I already have a purple ano handlebar and I think the colours go together pretty well.
These are some pictures of what it looked like when I bought it, this was mere minutes after we closed the deal:
The seat was too high for me and the seller gave me a discount because the freehub has seized. Managed to repair it so that was a nice bonus. Here's some pics of what it looks like now:
Still debating whether I should get a pair of skinwall tyres.. Did a quick photoshop, tell me what you think!
Apologies for the phone pics, I'll take it out for a better photoshoot once the purple parts have been mounted!
*edit: '93 changed to '94, made a mistake
Left it on for the first ride, arguing that a bell comes in handy quite often when you're going faster than most cyclists, but it's really too ugly so I removed it.
