Klein Adroit 1993 Gator, my very personal holy grail

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Dear All!

Finally, my first retro bike project is finished. It took almost three years from the first idea to these final beauty shots. Photos were made by http://bikeboard.at.

The idea behind the project was to realize my teenage dream. Back in 1993, these bikes were soooo expensive. Going still to school there was no chance to afford this dream bike. I wanted to close that open topic on my life list and decided to build the bike in a way as I would have done in 1993. Moreover, the build should use NOS time correct parts only. I achieved almost the goal, but could not find a NOS Gator Adroit frame.

This is the result:


Many thanks to all of you contributed to that project!

Here is the parts list in detail:

  • MINT Klein Adroit 1993 18" fuselage in Gator Linear Fade
    NOS Klein Adroit Starta fork MC1 Gator Linear Fade
    NOS Klein MC1 unit 1992 135mm rise Gator Linear Fade
    NOS Titan Canti Studs
    NOS NIB Grafton Speedcontroller brakes turquoise
    NOS Scott Mathauser brake pads
    NOS Grafton Re Entry brake levers turquoise
    NOS NIB Grafton Shifter Perches turquoise
    NOS NIB Grafton Fat Finger turquoise
    NOS Shimano XTR 900 Shifter
    NOS Shimano XTR 900 rear mech, tuned with turquoise parts and pulleys
    NOS Shimano XTR 900 front mech, tuned with turquoise screws
    NOS Shimano XTR 900 cassette 12/28 with NOS turquoise TNT lockring
    NOS NIB Shimano CN-7401 chain
    NOS Klein Death Grip tires 2.10 gen. 1
    NOS Ringle Super Bubba and Super Duper turquoise on NOS Araya RM395 rims 32 holes
    NOS Ringle Ti-Stix Skewers set of three, turquoise
    NOS Klein Adroit seatpost carbon reinforcement / MINT Ringle Moby Post turquoise gen. 1
    NOS NIB Flite Evolution 1 Carbon Titanium saddle
    NOS Grafton Joysitx black with NOS Shimano SG-X rings black
    NOS Grafton Speed Trap pedals turquoise personally signed by John Grafton
    NOS Klein Instinct Grips with Klein Logo
    NOS Shimano XTR / SLR Cables grey
    NOS Machine tech cranks bolts turquoise
    NOS Machine tech Chainring bolts turquoise
    NOS cable ferrules turquoise
    NOS DT Swiss nipples turquoise

There is a story (sorry, in German only) on bikeboard.at with lots more photos: http://bikeboard.at/Board/Klein-Adroit-Gator-th207153

I gladly will post more photos and details here if you like!

All the best,
Robert
 

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Oh, that looks familiar, I think I saw this in a german magazine the other day :LOL:

Regards from/Gruß aus Wien

Mathias
 
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Wienerwald":1v247ywf said:
Oh, that looks familiar, I think I saw this in a german magazine the other day :LOL:

Regards from/Gruß aus Wien

Mathias

Dear Mathias!

You are right. Even Bike wanted to show the Adroit.

Cheers,
Robert
 
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Beautiful. Nice to finally scratch the itch of your youth after all these years :cool:
 
I've been fortunate to see this project along the way. So pretty and all of the parts are first rate. Great job Robert and congrats!
 
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