Klein Pulse Comp Hardtail
 

Does anyone own or have owned a Klein Pulse Comp, Its light and smooth. Was this a bad ass bike in the 90's? I bought this bike and foundout it's too big for me, I wish I was 3 inches taller.

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Almost ANYTHING Klein made was pretty BA, awesome bike. I wish I was three inches taller too.

I saw one on the local CL this week for around $250, I think they were the cheaper offerings from Klein, but still better than average. I believe the Pulse line retailed around $600-$800 (I looked it up on Bikepedia when I saw the bike on CL, but I don't recall the exact price...)

Edit: looks like it's still available: http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/bik/1609339351.html

If that bike is looking for a new home, send me a PM. I like Kleins a lot.

jim

I owned a Pulse Race that was in excellent shape but in a small size which was way too small for me. I bought it for my wife but she would not ride it. The bike sold originally for around $1100 and I could not sell it for $300 here. I finally traded it for a Miyata 610 that was also too small but also in great condition. The bike was quite light and a nice rider but most folks have never heard of Klein and would buy a well used Trek or Specialized for $300 instead of this Klein.

My take on it was Mountain bikers wanted more modern bikes and the general bike buyers just didn't recognize Klein. It was an outstanding bike but I will never buy one to flip again unless it is real cheap and I only paid $125 for this one. The components was worth way more than the price.

I bought a rigid Pulse Comp for my daughter. Since it was a rigid mtb I got it cheap ($125 IIRC). It's a small bike but it's also easily the lightest mtb I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure this was the lower end of the Klein lineup but as someone else mentioned, any Klein is a pretty nice bike.

From my experience, no - when I was still racing in the early '90's, Kleins were mostly viewed as just another decent frame in a big sea of decent frames. In the mountain bike world, big aluminum tubes were the norm and there wasn't anything significant (to the average rider) to set Klein apart.

I bought a Pulse Comp for my 69 yo dad last summer and he's having a blast with it. It's his first mountain bike and he loves getting out on it and finds it quite comfortable.

Kleins are one of those brands that to some they are highly desired, but to others it might as well be a RoadMaster, some think the brand is highly collectable because there was one hanging on a wall in the Jerry Seinfeld TV show, others say "who's Gary Steinfield?".

Apart from that they are aluminum frames for the most part, and in spite of that I'd like to have one some day. I was in a NorCalif bike shop once years ago when some Klein Reps brought in a prototype Klein with the huge single bubble tube beer can thin aluminum framed MTB. The shop guys were taking turns flicking it with their thumbnails and watching the reps freak out when someone pushed inward on the tubing to see it flex. I was just a customer so I didn't get to touch it, but all I could think of is what would happen if I dropped it while riding one of the local fire/mining roads/trails and dinged it hard on that tubing. I still want one someday regardless of my sanity.

Pulse Comp is from 97-98. It´s not so collectable than earlier pre-Trek models, this means all models made 1996 and before.
Pulse Comp is still great bike to ride!

Who´s Seinfeld ;) btw... that was 1991-92 Klein Pinncale, that was hanging on his wall.

I have a Rascal from new, that I've stacked countless times. The tubing on that particular Klein must have been prototype...mine doesn't have a dent on it.

The Pulse Comp was a pretty nice, all around mountain bike. The bike looks to be a 19" (large) and the seat looks to be at a reasonable height...what makes you think it is too big?

the headtube to seatpost toptube length is 21 inches and Im 5'7", Im stretched out to long on it.

That stem used to be stylish, but it ain't any more. A more practical 90mm would look better to the modern eye and work better. Bars with a little rise to 'em would also fit in better with the modern esthetic and would shorten the reach a little more. Swap those out before you give up on the bike.