Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
I don't mean to be picky here, but you seem to be ignoring the fact that Klein made ZERO low-end bikes and doesn't belong in that list.
Even the Waterloo Kleins like the OP's were among the highest-end aluminum bikes of the time - equivalent to Trek's Madone series of carbon fiber bikes. The 2004 Q-Pro XX sold for $4000, and Klein's cheapest road bike that year was $2,600.
So if there's a reason that Kleins are less collectible or valuable, it's not because they cheapened their brand..
Well, you are right factually, but I think the sale of the brand to Trek, a mass producer of bikes, devalued the brand. They also made a heck of a lot of MTB's, which in many parts of the cycling world, are looked at as unserious, throw-away kids bikes.