MuchAlohaNui
Senior Retro Guru
She's in kind of rough shape. I knew that going into the deal this will be a long-game project. No worries.
I picked up this 1992 Klein Attitude from a nice older man who said its been sitting for years next to a window in his shed. This is evident by the stickers that were on the top tube and handlebars that were removed at some point, revealing the amount of fade on the paint.
The front fork needs to be serviced. The paint needs to go down to the bare metal but there are no dents or gouges. At one point the man changed the cranks to the currently photographed Shimano Unobtainium cranks shown here, such that his younger sister could ride the bike around without getting her dress caught between the chain and the chain rings. What a nice bro! The original cranks are MIA. The original Dia Comp 987' cantis are there. Most of the original XT stuff is there, but the mechs are in bad shape with scratches and the front cage is pretty rusty. Seat post is visually destroyed. All of the internal cable routing is there. Ends of the bars are a bit out of round from over clamping climbing bar ends.
I have at my disposal everything laying around to do either a period correct XT or XTR build. I have most of the parts to do the 'Ultra Light' build aside from the hubs, Suntour XC Pro pedals and a few tiny (and affordable) parts here and there and Klein 2.1 tires.
There is a company located in Germany called ETOE Designs (https://www.etoe.de/1/galerie/hersteller/klein/), but they claim they require about 70 - 120 hours to do a paint job, ie. strip the original paint, clean the frame and paint/apply decals. I have a modest, yet knowledgeable experience in automotive painting cars for the Good Guys (custom street rod restoration starting around $150,000) and simply do not agree at all with a minimum 70 hour quote for painting a frame and fork. They don't have any published prices either...
If worst comes to worst I will repaint the bike myself, but don't mind outsourcing this to someone if the price is fair. Do any of you know of a painter located in Germany or Switzerland?
Secondly, if this is me, myself and I, do any of you have paint codes for Horizon Linear Fade?
Thirdly, to do a catalog correct 'Ultra Light' build, I am looking for 1991/1992 Hi-e front and rear hubs with skewers!
Mahalo!
I picked up this 1992 Klein Attitude from a nice older man who said its been sitting for years next to a window in his shed. This is evident by the stickers that were on the top tube and handlebars that were removed at some point, revealing the amount of fade on the paint.
The front fork needs to be serviced. The paint needs to go down to the bare metal but there are no dents or gouges. At one point the man changed the cranks to the currently photographed Shimano Unobtainium cranks shown here, such that his younger sister could ride the bike around without getting her dress caught between the chain and the chain rings. What a nice bro! The original cranks are MIA. The original Dia Comp 987' cantis are there. Most of the original XT stuff is there, but the mechs are in bad shape with scratches and the front cage is pretty rusty. Seat post is visually destroyed. All of the internal cable routing is there. Ends of the bars are a bit out of round from over clamping climbing bar ends.
I have at my disposal everything laying around to do either a period correct XT or XTR build. I have most of the parts to do the 'Ultra Light' build aside from the hubs, Suntour XC Pro pedals and a few tiny (and affordable) parts here and there and Klein 2.1 tires.
There is a company located in Germany called ETOE Designs (https://www.etoe.de/1/galerie/hersteller/klein/), but they claim they require about 70 - 120 hours to do a paint job, ie. strip the original paint, clean the frame and paint/apply decals. I have a modest, yet knowledgeable experience in automotive painting cars for the Good Guys (custom street rod restoration starting around $150,000) and simply do not agree at all with a minimum 70 hour quote for painting a frame and fork. They don't have any published prices either...
If worst comes to worst I will repaint the bike myself, but don't mind outsourcing this to someone if the price is fair. Do any of you know of a painter located in Germany or Switzerland?
Secondly, if this is me, myself and I, do any of you have paint codes for Horizon Linear Fade?
Thirdly, to do a catalog correct 'Ultra Light' build, I am looking for 1991/1992 Hi-e front and rear hubs with skewers!
Mahalo!
