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Sorry to hear you've been ripped off. :-( Was it a re-sprayed all over white one?? That guy was on Gumtree for a while and got black flagged on here.

Not mine, just a hobby to trawl eBay for Mantras.. :wink:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KLEIN-USA-MAN ... 983wt_1185 or http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192976 :-)

Jeebus! Not seen a "Speedster" in ages... used to be an unpainted one knocking around Manchester.

pic #4 shows the size sticker, 46cm, cant make out the inches - either 16 or 18.

I'm 5ft11 and a medium fits me fine..

You're 100% right.. Never was a DH bike and no mater what we throw at it will it ever be, just a fantastic fully floating XC'er - I used to do endurance events in the English Lake District and never was as fresh at the end of 6/12/24 hrs as I was after I got that bike. ;-)

The DUC32's are switchable 4 or 6 inch and the back is standard 5.5 inch... TBH I've not ridden it yet as I've no drivetrain yet! :roll: :roll: For my daughter It'll be set the front at 4inch front and the back will be around 3. If she let's me ride it I'll let you know how it goes.

Here you go: http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/Bike ... &Type=bike "Fork Material Aluminum/magnesium, triple-clamp crown" Also here on Retrobike: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113556 :D

Klein did sell a Mantra with triple clamp Manitou (Xvert?) forks - think it was called the Race 'LT', even had a Hayes front disk.. not sure of the year, but it's in one of the scanned Klein docs. ;-)

Re: Question I've never got on with Manitou forks, and as you can tell I'm not a stickler for originality.. ;-)

Agreed, Mine will have the front end dropped to the 4inch travel setting and as Meg's legs aren't as long as mine ( and she weighs just over half of me ) I'll sort out a short ( eye 2 eye ) shock with a soft spring to bring the BB down... I had thought of fitting some rigid forks to keep the...

Yep, had my Mantra since the late '90s and found keeping my bottom on the seat stops the rear shock 'un-loading' when weight is shifted forward whilst going dh with the front brake on.. more to do with the long swing of the URT (+ placement of pivot/shock/rider) than the angle of the forks...

Could I ask what size frame that is?? You've got a layback post a long way out, so I guess you're a tall chap....

Re: klein 69 What's the problem with the angles? :?:

PM sent But need to clear payment with Her-in-doors.. :-(

Bit low on detail... honesty on rear shock sounds genuine. http://www.localbiketrader.com/bike-ad-o2932680324

Yep that'd fix it. And you'll have a bike made up of three dissimilar bikes, from a bloke who is telling porkies to flog a bunch of spare parts.. :roll: Wait and get a proper one.

The front end is much older than the rear triangle... (backend is off a Y2k carbon like Gil_M's single speed, front looks pre-'97). And the shock needs to be longer to get the angles correct...

Don't bid on this one : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 8385444161 It's wrong in so many ways. :-(