I am in the market for a small 26” Mountain Bike for my nephew and responded to a local ad showing a late nineties Specialized HardRock and a price of $35. The seller messaged me back and said no the Specialized had been sold the $35 bike was a Klien. I figured it had to be worth the gamble and told him I’d be happy to buy it. Here is the bike, looks to be a Rascal as it has a 1” headset and dropouts facing other than rearward. Parts look to be a 50/50 mix of original and not. The graphics are well aged but the paint is quite good. The BB spins butterly smooth and I am a huge RS Judy fan, I have a full shop set of tools to service late nineties early 2000s RS forks. Its also about the most functional as is bicycle I’ve ever purchased, new tires too.

This is the same price I paid for a cheap 70s PanWorld ten speed just a few weeks back. Go figure.