Rascal frame in Gator

[the_duke]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KLEIN-RASCAL-BIKE ... _574wt_934

 

[azaro]

Not being familiar with single speeds and drop outs etc, would this frame run with normal MTB kit and gearing?

 

[Martin]

Will run with gears. Same dropouts as MC1 Attitude and Adroit.

 

[davroos]

The hardest thing to find will be the forks, being 1 inch. I am building a rascal and have been having problems sourcing the correct fork steerers.

 

[Dar Kuma]

1" aheadset? :roll:

 

[davroos]

The price for this is ridiculous. 7 days to go and it is £275 and still going up !!!

 

[mcrocker]

I reckon the price is fair enough to be honest: these are the nicest looking of the regularly seen frames around I reckon. Although you probably have more Klein experience than me . But when I were a lad the gator Klein paint job was the most aspirational thing to have and I suppose it still has that appeal. I've got two paces which are awesome but they're not as cool as these.

Not my size fortunately [/quote]

 

[davroos]

Don't get me wrong, it is a lovely paint job, but for what you get, it is a joke. It seems like it will go for a lot, where as if you look around, you can buy a complete bike with M900 which would be better value.

 

[sylus]

Early Kleins never have been about common sense..but passion

 

[magicmistertea]

The hardest thing to find will be the forks, being 1 inch. I am building a rascal and have been having problems sourcing the correct fork steerers.

Just fit pace rc30s... very easy to find 1" steerers... the 1" headsets are also easy enough to find.
I had a fully pimped gator fade rascal.. pics in my gallery if anyone is remotely interested .
oh and when i bought it.. i paid more than £275 for the frame.
And that frame in the link is a small i think... if it measures 18" to the top of the seattube.
personally i would be put off it as the bb has been threaded.. id prefur the original press fit BB.