Would it be a crime....(Klein content)

[spike3]

I thought Klein were espensive or was that just an ammazing bargin at £25

 

[ishaw]

I thought Klein were espensive or was that just an ammazing bargin at £25

I think that is pretty cheap :!:

 

[jax13]

looking at the picture, you've got nothing to loose, do it! will look cool

The idea was borne from trying to work out how to match carbon forks with the frame

Hmmm .... has anyone tried to vinyl wrap a bike???

i enquired about this with a couple of vinyl wrap people and there are 2 distinct problems.

1 - wrapping sheet metal and tucking the edges away is easy to get a good finish, where panels meet, there is a small panel gap which gives 2 clean edges. wrapping a tube leaves you with a seam regardless of how close you butt the vinyl up to itself. then think about the number of frame joints / welds and around brake bosses etc. it would look a state.

2 - time involved would send the cost of wrapping a frame into the £2/300 mark purely on time costs. for this price you could get the damn thing covered in gold leaf (or an immaculate powdercoat)

 

[Stylus]

I thought Klein were espensive or was that just an ammazing bargin at £25

the older ones with the crazy paint schemes go for loot, the later Trek build (>1997) pro, comp etc versions are very nice but not that sought after.

 

[skinnyboy]

I vinyl wrapped my little Bickerton with fablon beech effect film, turned out rather spiffing if I do say so myself!

It helps that the frame is basically a box section with little to no curves though.

 

[kaiser]

That is inspired

 

[Tazio]

That is inspired

If not a little camp

 

[Vyker]

I'd like the look of a matt black bike.

Seem many around, but I think they tend to do it to disguise a more pricey bike.

 

[gsy971]

come to think of it, do you think maybe klein's "back in the day" top end price range was more of a marketing scheme using the bike's weird and awesome paint jobs as a eye catching way to get bikers to look and say "hey look at me"! If i have this beautiful paint job i must be handcrafted awesomeness.

 

[skinnyboy]

That is inspired

If not a little camp

Haha it's camp as Christmas fella! It's the Quentin Crisp of bikes.