First Klein MTB
08-20-23 | 01:54 PM
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First Klein MTB
This was sent to me at the Fat Tire Flyer. It is self explanatory.
The photo is a Polaroid.
The photo is a Polaroid.
08-20-23 | 01:58 PM
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Very cool. I enjoy these more detailed glimpses of history, especially when they are firsthand accounts!
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WTB: Slingshot bicycle promotional documents (catalog, pamphlets, etc).
WTB: American Cycling May, Jul, Aug, Oct, 1966.
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WTB: Bike World issue Jun 1974.
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WTB: Slingshot bicycle promotional documents (catalog, pamphlets, etc).
WTB: American Cycling May, Jul, Aug, Oct, 1966.
WTB: Bicycle Guide issues 1984 (any); Dec 1985; Apr 1994; May, Jun 1996; May 1997.
WTB: bicyclist May, Dec 1997: Jun-Dec 1998.
WTB: Bike World issue Jun 1974.
WTB: Litespeed head badge (circa 2000)
08-20-23 | 02:45 PM
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08-20-23 | 04:01 PM
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Very cool, thanks for posting. I love the fork in the picture! I remember a friend of mine around 1990 had a Cannondale road bike made of aluminum (an aluminum bike!) and the down tube was huge to me then. Large diameter down tube doesn’t stand out so much any more.
I had a GT Tequesta MTB, I think 1989 is when I got it, that had two bottle cages on the down tube as well as the under chainstay brake, which was horrible for getting clogged with mud and debris. When I moved in 2008, everything was out of the house, oh dark 30, the dog and I were getting ready to hit the road with my car jam packed full and I realized the GT frame was still sitting in the attic. Alas, there was no room at all in the car and I had to leave it although I still have the fork.
PS I love those 80’s mtbs. They have a combination look of elegance and I am a badass bike.
I had a GT Tequesta MTB, I think 1989 is when I got it, that had two bottle cages on the down tube as well as the under chainstay brake, which was horrible for getting clogged with mud and debris. When I moved in 2008, everything was out of the house, oh dark 30, the dog and I were getting ready to hit the road with my car jam packed full and I realized the GT frame was still sitting in the attic. Alas, there was no room at all in the car and I had to leave it although I still have the fork.
PS I love those 80’s mtbs. They have a combination look of elegance and I am a badass bike.
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N = '96 Colnago C40, '04 Wilier Alpe D'Huez, '10 Colnago EPS, '85 Merckx Pro, '89 Merckx Century, '86 Tommasini Professional, '04 Teschner Aero FX Pro, '05 Alan Carbon Cross, '86 De Rosa Professional, '95 Gios Compact Pro, '95 Carrera Zeus, ‘81 Masi Gran Criterium, ‘81 Merckx Pro, ‘89 Cinelli Supercorsa, ‘83 Bianchi Specialissima, ‘VO Randonneur, Ritchey Breakaway Steel, Rivendell Rambouillet, Heron Randonneur, ‘92 Ciöcc Columbus EL
08-20-23 | 05:39 PM
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08-21-23 | 07:04 AM
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‘the problem was 1973, an image in Competitive Cycling showed an oversized welded aluminum tubed bike and its unique construction was noted and attributed.
Lots of prior art.
