Vintage 1993 Klein Adept MC1 Sunburst 29er - RARE!!

[SF Klein]

These are RARE!! It's also in a cool Sunburst linear fade w/ XT build. Frame uses the same 2" downtube as the Adroit from that era. Seller had a $3,600 Buy It Now but there's no reserve so it's just a regular auction now that someone started bidding.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 977wt_1157

 

[Shamus]

That is nice, I think I saw that on Craiglist some time ago...not sure!

All Adepts have that 2" downtube.

 

[any123]

isnt it just a small adept but in sunburst, didnt they come with 70c wheels anyway which is basicly a 29. because the measurments are not stacking up for it to be anything else. Maybe im wrong but im sure someone enlighten me

thanks andy

 

[yo-Nate-y]

Neat bike but that BIN was optimistic.

 

[Tad]

Never seen one before. Are these a genuine 29er or just a flat bar cyclocross bike? Is there enough clearance to fit a fat 29er tyre?

 

[bushpig]

It was a performance hybrid. It doesn't have the clearance for modern 29er tires.

 

[SF Klein]

isnt it just a small adept but in sunburst, didnt they come with 70c wheels anyway which is basicly a 29. because the measurments are not stacking up for it to be anything else. Maybe im wrong but im sure someone enlighten me

thanks andy

For a Klein fan, isn't that sort of like saying "isn't it just a Ferrari?" Yes looks to be a Klein small and remember, back in 1993 a hybrid/mountain bike w/ 29" wheels wasn't that common to begin with, let alone one with a "Klein" name on it. I don't think Klein actually sold many of these so that's what makes it fairly rare. You'll see lots of Adepts pop up on eBay but these are usually the later, full-suspension models that were made after Trek took over. This particular Adept was made before that. We'll see what it goes for at auction end.

 

[SF Klein]

It appears that an eBay newbie (0 feedback and no other prior bidding history) stumbled upon the Adept as his first eBay experience and plunked down a bid of $1,225. Hmmmm...yeah, that tends to happen a lot with folks new to eBay.

 

[yo-Nate-y]

Shilling can be so thrilling.

 

[yo-Nate-y]

I sent the seller a message asking what was up and his reply was as follows:

"You mean the zero feedback people bidding? No, I'm canceling all bids from people with feedback less then 10 or less
then 95% positive, as stated in the listing. I had too much trouble with those eBayers before, thanks for your concern!"


He's cancelled those bids too.