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Andrij

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7425 on: 14 October, 2014, 10:59:12 pm »
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phantasmagoriana

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7426 on: 14 October, 2014, 11:08:09 pm »
Ooh, that paint job is gorgeous. More pics of the rest of it needed!
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7427 on: 14 October, 2014, 11:14:55 pm »
Quote from: bumper on 05 October, 2014, 10:40:20 am
It's first proper outing, love it!



That looks great! So want a fat bike.

In other news, I always suspected it was Tom H who dobbed me in to the coppers, and now I know for sure.
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7428 on: 14 October, 2014, 11:15:51 pm »
Quote from: PaulR on 14 October, 2014, 10:56:00 pm
Oops!


Whatever that is, we definitely need to see more of it. Very Kleinesque paintwork.
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PaulR

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7429 on: 15 October, 2014, 09:01:06 am »
Quote from: marcusjb on 14 October, 2014, 11:15:51 pm
Very Kleinesque paintwork.

Well spotted marcusjb!  It's a 2000 Klein Quantum, just the frameset at this stage.  I've wanted one of these for aeons.  This specimen was advertised by a fellow SE23 resident a couple of years ago, but she changed her mind.  Then on Sunday she changed her mind again, having at last found a Quantum in a size that fits her better, so by Monday evening this frameset was in my lair. 

I will build it up slowly and carefully and, somewhere along the line, I shall probably have to decide whether I need to keep the BMC SL01 frameset that I picked up cheap earlier this year.

Yes, more photos in due course.
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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7430 on: 16 October, 2014, 01:11:46 am »
Is that 'flip' paint? (Think late 90s Rovers & Nissans) A colour that changes as you move and the reflections change angle. Or is it a paintjob with a green/purple fade?
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VELOMANCER

Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

PaulR

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7431 on: 16 October, 2014, 08:10:42 am »
The former - it mutates between blue, green and purple as it turns.

Son #2 doesn't like it.
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7432 on: 16 October, 2014, 08:16:34 am »
It will be a stunner for sure. Love Klein paint jobs of that era. They were something special. Look forward to seeing the full build.
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tiermat

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7433 on: 16 October, 2014, 08:46:22 am »
There is a guy that I know vaguely, that lives not 100 miles from me, that loves his Kleins (and his Paul Donohues, but that's another story).  He lurks mainly over on Retrobike.

I remember, back in my MTB racing days, lusting after the Kleins, purely for the paintwork.  Then again I also lusted after the Whyte PRS-1, the PACE square tubed MTBs and the proper Gary Fisher MTBs (not the Trek made ones).
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7434 on: 16 October, 2014, 08:57:39 am »
1990ish Klein Attitude was the bike that made it onto my bedroom wall.  And that was before their paintjobs got super awesome and fadey.



Maybe one day, when I have the space, I'll have to buy one - though maybe meeting your childhood heroes isn't a good idea.....
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LEE

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7435 on: 16 October, 2014, 09:59:33 am »
Quote from: marcusjb on 16 October, 2014, 08:57:39 am
1990ish Klein Attitude was the bike that made it onto my bedroom wall.  And that was before their paintjobs got super awesome and fadey.



Maybe one day, when I have the space, I'll have to buy one - though maybe meeting your childhood heroes isn't a good idea.....

That looks (to me) like a superb MTB in an dreadful "Halfords £99 Bike" scheme.
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clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7436 on: 16 October, 2014, 10:23:58 am »
Exactly.
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7437 on: 16 October, 2014, 10:50:34 am »
When put in context of the clothing of the era, it was a pretty understated paint job in reality (but, yes, it took until about 1992/3 before the Klein paint jobs got really good). 

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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7438 on: 17 October, 2014, 12:39:50 am »
Quote from: tiermat on 16 October, 2014, 08:46:22 am

I remember, back in my MTB racing days, lusting after the Kleins, purely for the paintwork.  Then again I also lusted after the Whyte PRS-1, the PACE square tubed MTBs and the proper Gary Fisher MTBs (not the Trek made ones).

Oi!
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VELOMANCER

Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

interzen

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7439 on: 17 October, 2014, 12:15:28 pm »
Quote from: torslanda on 17 October, 2014, 12:39:50 am
Quote from: tiermat on 16 October, 2014, 08:46:22 am

I remember, back in my MTB racing days, lusting after the Kleins, purely for the paintwork.  Then again I also lusted after the Whyte PRS-1, the PACE square tubed MTBs and the proper Gary Fisher MTBs (not the Trek made ones).

Oi!
If it's any consolation, your (formerly mine) 229 pre-dates the Trek buyout.

Sad to say, the only standout thing about Gary Fisher these days is his moustache ...
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DrMekon

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7440 on: 17 October, 2014, 02:01:53 pm »
Quote from: marcusjb on 16 October, 2014, 08:57:39 am
1990ish Klein Attitude was the bike that made it onto my bedroom wall.  And that was before their paintjobs got super awesome and fadey.



Maybe one day, when I have the space, I'll have to buy one - though maybe meeting your childhood heroes isn't a good idea.....

Rode a few at The Malverns MTB race thing in '92 or '93. Brutal things.
And if you lusted after a GT Zaskar with Manitous back in the day, again, brutal.

Old steel Konas and Oranges from back in the day on the other hand...
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tiermat

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7441 on: 17 October, 2014, 02:27:33 pm »
Quote from: DrMekon on 17 October, 2014, 02:01:53 pm
Quote from: marcusjb on 16 October, 2014, 08:57:39 am
1990ish Klein Attitude was the bike that made it onto my bedroom wall.  And that was before their paintjobs got super awesome and fadey.



Maybe one day, when I have the space, I'll have to buy one - though maybe meeting your childhood heroes isn't a good idea.....

My pride and joy was a proper steel Marin.  Columbus steel, a gorgeous metallic green colour with clashing orange bits (forks mainly but other bits were orange (when I bought it).  Those were the days :)
Rode a few at The Malverns MTB race thing in '92 or '93. Brutal things.
And if you lusted after a GT Zaskar with Manitous back in the day, again, brutal.

Old steel Konas and Oranges from back in the day on the other hand...
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Jurek

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7442 on: 18 October, 2014, 09:12:57 pm »
Quote from: PaulR on 14 October, 2014, 10:56:00 pm
Oops!

Unless I'm mistaken, TVR sell that flip-flop paint in 'petrol' colours for ~£500.00/ ltr  :o
@PaulR:
 you appear to change bikes more often than I change socks.
Just sayin'.....
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Ruthie

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7443 on: 18 October, 2014, 09:25:42 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 18 October, 2014, 09:12:57 pm
Quote from: PaulR on 14 October, 2014, 10:56:00 pm
Oops!

Unless I'm mistaken, TVR sell that flip-flop paint in 'petrol' colours for ~£500.00/ ltr  :o
@PaulR:
 you appear to change bikes more often than I change socks.
Just sayin'.....

That is so pretty.  My daughter's mountainbike was that colour when she was about ten.
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mcshroom

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7444 on: 18 October, 2014, 09:33:16 pm »
The last thing I saw with that paint was a fiesta - it was upside down in the middle of the road on Friday. Hope the bike does better as it's a pretty effect :)
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phantasmagoriana

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7445 on: 18 October, 2014, 10:04:40 pm »
Those Klein paintjobs are lovely - I've lusted after Quantums for sale from time to time as well. Most modern bikes are fairly uninspiring, paint-wise. Though Mercian do a very pretty purple/green flip/flop finish, too.
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IanDG

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7446 on: 18 October, 2014, 10:25:10 pm »
IMG_2008a by windy_, on Flickr

IMG_2011a by windy_, on Flickr

IMG_2012a by windy_, on Flickr

Upturned Mary bars fitted and hub dyno all connected and winter fettling done :)
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PaulR

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7447 on: 19 October, 2014, 12:13:14 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 18 October, 2014, 09:12:57 pm
@PaulR:
 you appear to change bikes more often than I change socks.
Just sayin'.....

Well, it's a matter of spotting opportunities, making mistakes, learning a bit as I go along, losing money, winding up Mrs R...
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marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7448 on: 19 October, 2014, 12:32:52 pm »
It's appeared in the fixed gallery, but here it is with my regular geared bike as well.

Tempo and Fratello to match each other (the Tempo does have a more aggressive position currently).

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SpaceBadger

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #7449 on: 23 October, 2014, 07:10:32 pm »
Quote from: marcusjb on 16 October, 2014, 08:57:39 am
1990ish Klein Attitude was the bike that made it onto my bedroom wall.  And that was before their paintjobs got super awesome and fadey.



Maybe one day, when I have the space, I'll have to buy one - though maybe meeting your childhood heroes isn't a good idea.....

Excuse me while I have a little moment  ;)
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