Shiny blue effect achieved by washing and then waxing! much quicker than waxing the car. lol
@ FMJ I've always been told alu frames are very stiff/uncomfortable but i've never found it uncomfortably so. (Till I put the City Jets on recently which have made the ride much faster but seriously hard.)
@ Steve, they're the original Klein forks. I have lusted after some RC31s but havent seen any I could afford.
I was admiring the Orange one for sale recently and toyed with the idea of one for town and one for off-road but decided it was more cost effective (realistic) to buy a second set of wheels so I can swap to nobblies...
i bought an identical one to that in 1997, lovely harsh ride, upgraded the forks and front mech and h/set and brakes, would have upgraded more but was loosing interest in mtb'ing due to other interests