Raymond_mole
Retro Guru
I have been very much in the Retrobike background with regards to this current project as I knew it was going to take an age to complete.
I didnt think it would take this long but nearly five years have past since first getting my hands on the frameset and I'm not sure it will even get completed this year.
My goal is for it to look exactly as it did in the 1991 catalogue (I still have from back in the day).
Why an Attitude?
As a teenager BITD the attitude was for dreams only but I had just scraped up enough money to get a Rascal frameset. (Black/Green Fade) I absolutely adored it, Full XT with RC30 forks and matching syncros bits. Alas this was stolen from the bike sheds at school and I was back on my old Technium Chill, desperate to get my hands on a new bike!
I had saved enough money from cleaning dishes all summer at the pub and was ready to handover all my hard earnt cash for a Dolomite frameset in my local bikeshop.
Once at the shop the Klein had been sold and in its place was a Pace RC100 (link here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52517) and the rest is pretty much history.
I always lusted after a Klein when I saw other people racing them even though I was thoroughly happy with the Pace, they just looked so refined, but it was never to be until I stumbled upon this site.
From this point on I'm sure its the same story for anyone else on the site. Steady income, Still riding but looking to relive the old days as the modern bikes just arent cutting it.
Anyway I've rambled on for long enough, gonna put up some pics etc. so you get an idea of where I'm at lets see how it goes.
I didnt think it would take this long but nearly five years have past since first getting my hands on the frameset and I'm not sure it will even get completed this year.
My goal is for it to look exactly as it did in the 1991 catalogue (I still have from back in the day).
Why an Attitude?
As a teenager BITD the attitude was for dreams only but I had just scraped up enough money to get a Rascal frameset. (Black/Green Fade) I absolutely adored it, Full XT with RC30 forks and matching syncros bits. Alas this was stolen from the bike sheds at school and I was back on my old Technium Chill, desperate to get my hands on a new bike!
I had saved enough money from cleaning dishes all summer at the pub and was ready to handover all my hard earnt cash for a Dolomite frameset in my local bikeshop.
Once at the shop the Klein had been sold and in its place was a Pace RC100 (link here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52517) and the rest is pretty much history.
I always lusted after a Klein when I saw other people racing them even though I was thoroughly happy with the Pace, they just looked so refined, but it was never to be until I stumbled upon this site.
From this point on I'm sure its the same story for anyone else on the site. Steady income, Still riding but looking to relive the old days as the modern bikes just arent cutting it.
Anyway I've rambled on for long enough, gonna put up some pics etc. so you get an idea of where I'm at lets see how it goes.
