My $85 Klein Impulse buy ... KLEIN "Little" Rascal

[jimi911]

I won this Klein Rascal on eBay. Tossed a nothing bid at it and won it. It came in the mail today. Nice little bike. Full XT. The frame was a warranty replacement so its in really nice shape. Way too small for me, but I don't own a pre Trek Klein ... happy to have it.

Its wee. Almost looks like a 29er with 26 wheels on it!

I'll probably tear it down, sell the bits I don't need to recoup all my $$$ than build it up for my first born

 

[mkaavin]

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If you got this bike for $85....you made a good deal! Congratulations on a great find.

 

[Woodyuk]

Very Nice looking Rascal ...
Nice find

 

[zetecmk2]

lovely find......if you was closer. i'd offer my medium frame for swap!

 

[Mr Crudley]

+1 excellent score. Looks mint.
What size is it. About a 15" or so?

 

[jimi911]

The seller didn't spell Klein right. Just one of those flukey deals.

The swap idea had occurred to me, but it's tricky and $$$y.

I'm not sure on the actual size. It's 14" centre of the bb to the top tube.

It has a couple of little marks on it, but it looks real good and she's a nice colour of green. It's all tore down now. The fork and mission control stem/bar will end up on fleabay. They don't match and I'm just not a fan of the mc1s on the rascals or pinnacles.

 

[Vinevo]

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Bargain!, nice one, size is Klein XS.

 

[jimi911]

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Can't be much smaller! I think the standover height was something like 21"! The head tube is so little. I may need to go threadless to make it look right. The current fork has about 1" of spacers ... looks lousy. Probably would have needed a special order rockshox back in the day.

 

[Vinevo]

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Is the fork a Spinner?, that would be the original if so.

 

[jimi911]

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Is the fork a Spinner?, that would be the original if so.

Ya ... It's a spinner. Everything but the frame is original. Old frame was blue, but not sure what size. I assume spinner wouldn't make a fork small enough ... Thus the shim stack.