1987/8/9? Mountain Klein build thread

[Prodigal Son]

Another supporter of the Bullmoose-Klein movement here . That`s how I raced my Mountain Klein two weeks ago at a local marathon (57k distance)

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Love the looks of this bike.

 

[Swede]

Nice project!

I have a '88/'89 MK in Aurora (see link) and like you couldn't find a spec, so went for an all XC9000 build. However, if I knew that I'd still be looking for parts seven years later I think I might have made a different choice

 

[Jimmyann]

good looking frame, best of luck with the build

 

[Tsundere]

Found a nice stem, A 21.1mm Ross...


Not a fan of the colour, sort of Action Man™ torso coloured, (from before they added the blue pants) so off it came...

 

[pw_pw_la]

That'll look great on this once it's all polished and shiny.

Always love the look of a Ross stem.

Have to say, I kind of back the pink! Not for this build, maybe. But it's kind of amazing in that color. You don't see if often, anyway!

What's the plan for bars?

Obviously this stem means the bullmoose idea has been abandoned...

 

[Tsundere]

That'll look great on this once it's all polished and shiny.

Always love the look of a Ross stem.

Have to say, I kind of back the pink! Not for this build, maybe. But it's kind of amazing in that color. You don't see if often, anyway!

What's the plan for bars?

Obviously this stem means the bullmoose idea has been abandoned...

I liked the bullmoose idea too, but there are plenty of these bikes bullmoosed up already, really wanted this to be a bit more unique, period but with its own personality. Besides the bullmoose are still there, if this stem doesn't work out they will make a nice plan B, with the WTB's a not too shabby plan C.

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Found a nice stem, A 21.1mm Ross...
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Not a fan of the colour, sort of Action Man™ torso coloured, (from before they added the blue pants) so off it came...
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Cool stem haven't seen one of these before....

 

[Tsundere]

Cool stem haven't seen one of these before....

I've seen them on Ross bikes, they don't turn up to often on their own and this one was a bargain, a bit of a poor mans cook bros, polished up pretty well though.

 

[Mickeyspinn]

I've seen them on Ross bikes, they don't turn up to often on their own and this one was a bargain, a bit of a poor mans cook bros, polished up pretty well though.
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If you could find some bar ends with a ball shape clamp that'd set that stem off a treat!
Looks nicely made imo..

 

[pw_pw_la]

I liked the bullmoose idea too, but there are plenty of these bikes bullmoosed up already, really wanted this to be a bit more unique, period but with its own personality. Besides the bullmoose are still there, if this stem doesn't work out they will make a nice plan B, with the WTB's a not too shabby plan C.

Yeah, Plan C is definitely a handy alternative to have as a back-up!

Looking forward to the next round of updates and starting to see this build take shape