KLEIN - MANTRA COMP - FOR SALE - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE

[retrotony]

The Mantra sold a few months ago. I know because I bought it.

This was an object lesson in how not to sell a bike. As a previous poster said, the one poor picture didn't give much of a clue of the condition, but I thought I would have a look anyway as it wasn't too far away from me. Selling mistake no. 2 was to not clean the bike before a viewing. It looked very tired which made me think I was buying a restoration project that would need a complete respray and a lot of money spent so I offered accordingly, and got it.

When I got it home and gave it a thorough clean and polish, I realised I had bought a peach. There's barely a mark on the frame and it's clearly led a sheltered life. I've upgraded a few bits including the wheels and it's now one of my favourites. Having said that, as an old codger I find the riding position a bit stretched so I might be tempted with a swap if anyone's got anything interesting (either road or off road).

 

[sylus]

The best you can do is to start up a new thread in the sale section and ask for a swap or even add a sale price also

something along the lines of a title

Klein mantra for swap or sale..what have you?

 

[lrh]

Having said that, as an old codger I find the riding position a bit stretched

I found my large Klein Pulse a stretch at first even though I'm over 6ft tall.

Try a shorter/higher stem and straight bars, I found it made a huge difference and shaved 150-200g weight off the front end too!