fancy paint choice!

[young Ed]

of all paint schemes
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Klein-Ras...366?pt=US_Bicycles_Frames&hash=item2eccc34ec6
Cheers Ed

 

[Jon George]

I didn't know Andy Warhol did bike jobs on the side ...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Well, you wouldn't lose it......... no matter how hard you tried.

 

[simon.r]

Kleins were renowned for their paint jobs. Here's another:

 

[simon.r]

Type 'klein linear fade' into Google images for more retro loveliness

 

[Saluki]

I like that very much

 

[Gravity Aided]

Klein made some fine machines in their day, and many others were going to extremes with paint jobs in that era as well. I mean, read the very informative description and you'll see why I am looking for the joint flexibility to be able to kick myself in the arse for not buying one many years ago because someone offered to sell me one for $200.00 US, because he had never heard of the brand.

 

[Globalti]

Weren't they supposed to be horribly rigid to ride?

Lovely paint though.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Kleins were renowned for their paint jobs. Here's another:

I like that one better.

 

[young Ed]

Weren't they supposed to be horribly rigid to ride?

Lovely paint though.

both rigid frames so i can imagine!
Cheers Ed

 

[Gravity Aided]

Quite a sharp ride, the one I tried. Jarring, but not enough to make me not want it. But I had to tell the guy it was valuable.

 

[e-rider]

Weren't they supposed to be horribly rigid to ride?

Lovely paint though.

is there such a thing as "horribly rigid"? Rigid = super fast in my book!

Klein made you lovely looking bikes, shame Trek came along and ruined it all.

 

[Gravity Aided]

There is a sharpness, a tendency to transmit a great deal of shock, from the road to the rider in some of these early aluminum bikes, especially early Treks, Cannondale, Schwinn # series, and Klein bikes. I believe Klein built the Ontare for Schwinn. Kleins were so good, you didn't care about aluminum's drawbacks. And I think they, and the Raleigh Techniums, were more comfortable than other aluminum bicycles at the time.
http://bikecatalogs.org/SCHWINN/1988/LightWeight/Avion.html

 

[fossyant]

I'd love a Klein ! Always drooled over them.