Silverfish
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I need a new build project like I need a hole in the head
But @Tsundere had had it advertised for a while. I nearly bit the bullet early but decided I would stay true to my new NO MORE HARDTAILS ethos and also my new NO MORE PRE 1990 BIKES ethos and also my new NO KLEINS ethos…
But I kept popping back to look at the pics and the possibilities with the build seemed endless and I’ve never done a Klein and I haven’t done a hardtail for a while and I do kinda like the whole pre 90s bike thing but I stood firm.
Then @Tsundere dropped the price and I thought **** it, why not
Then he changed his mind and took it off sale.
Close shave. Despite breaking all my new rules about what bikes I’m allowed to build - somehow it had worked out and I HADN’T bough a pre 1990 Klein hardtail. Result!!!
Then @Tsundere had a change of heart again and relisted it.
So despite my good intentions, somehow I’ve ended up with a pre 90 Klein hardtail
In fairness, an early Klein is probably the only Klein I’d ever build. I know it’s controversial but I never really ‘got’ the whole Klein deal in the 90’s. Always seemed a bit of a dentist bike
which is pretty rich coming from me Anyways, story time over.
I need to research this bike more but I feel it could be an 85 - it’s unusual to have the roller cam brakes on both the front and rear - and despite all of the above - I’m pretty excited about building another mid 80’s MTB with bullmoose bars, and ticking off the early Klein box at the same time
I think I’m going to get it painted as well.
But for now here’s where the project starts and here’s somewhere that I hope it ends up…
