Classic Hot

Timeless and very hot.

Functional. Not hot.

I hope she appreciates it.

Very nice. You forgot to mention the Elite Cusi cage. :thumb:

Good call, and the Ambrosio hubs, Tune QR's, Sapim spokes, Mavic rims and Continental tires :thumb:

Finally finished restoration on this 1994 Klein Quantum II that I picked up a few months ago. I'm not normally a white saddle/tape guy, but sometimes a bike seems to call for it.

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...pswaox5lyz.jpg

the bar is too open , ergo, and deep. outside of that, its a very very clean overall package

[QUOTE=FreedBehindBars;19637127]Finally finished restoration on this 1994 Klein Quantum II that I picked up a few months ago. I'm not normally a white saddle/tape guy, but sometimes a bike seems to call for it.

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...pswaox5lyz.jpg[/QUOTE
Agree on the bars, I think a classic bend would suit this bike better. Also, try some different cages.

Cages are horrible for that build. Agree on the bars. The white tape and saddle is spot on for this one.

Hot.

The below cage is nothing special, but I think they would be right for your bike.

http://media.performancebike.com/ima...put-quality=85

I'm inclined to agree about the bar shape, but the bars (along with most else on the bike) are the originals. I wanted to keep the bike as stock as possible, particularly since that these pre-Trek Kleins are getting hard to find -- and this one is a little small for me, so I'll be selling it. The new owner can do as they wish, but I didn't have the heart.

I have another '94 in the "Sea & Sky" paint scheme which I ride often, and on that one I did update the whole front end (threadless carbon fork, stem, compact bars).

Those white classic cages would look sweet! Thanks for the the idea.

Dammmmmmmmn! This is one good looking bike! :thumb:

Thank you, it actually looks better now, I've been for a bike fit and the stem is now fully slammed.

daayyumm, those tire clearances are hella flush... lol

Tire size?

If that's in response to the foil, I'm running 25's

Cockpit updates to '94 Litespeed...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4241/3...f831b81a_b.jpg

Not.

Pink bar tape clashes with everything and neither unifies nor contrasts with anything---IMO. Hot is in the eye of the person screaming because s/he has something hot in his/her eye.

Make no mistake---I would ride the snot out of that bike as it stands. But this is an "Art" thread. I find the bare metal of the stem/seat post doesn't work well with the black seat/hoods and crankset/derailleur. To me the pink tape doesn't pull the thing together at all ... basic black might. Even silver or gray might ... there is the contrast of black/gumwall and black/titanium. Maybe titanium-colored tape would work?

Not that it looks bad ... just not in my top ten in terms of pure esthetics. And like I say ... I'd ride it.

But bikes are like people ... look at them long enough and they just look like themselves.

You gotta match the bar tape with the frame decal and saddle.. Make it yellow bar tape and saddle it would be much better.

650 wheels make that bike look like a junior racer.

Hot. And I like the pink bartape. It would look bland and boring with black or yellow tape.

I had yellow tape on it before the fork change and it was too matchy-matchy. Using the same color to match everything is a really tacky way to think about style.

Also they're 700c wheels...:thumb:

litespeed is definitely not hot in a jock-bike kinda way, but a full blown kook-bike hottie. I'd love to put moustache bars and a basket on it and ride it around the city.

With drop bars, i'd say you need a more compact bar with a shallow bend to balance the proportions.

I wouldn't say having things match by color is a tacky way to thing about style, but there are definitely times when it's not satisfactory. I think everything comes together nicely on your bike.
For some reason, no color looks as good on titanium as yellow, but the bars aren't on titanium. It's fine when parts are allowed individuality, especially when nothing is too bold, and when it's "natural," like unblackened sidewalls on tires, unpainted parts of varying materials. Although it's hardly natural, the pink of the bar tape is fine; it's doesn't call attention to itself and isn't totally capricious. I might have gone a little less saturated, and paler, but that might have shown dirt too readily. Much of the time, when things don't match, it looks like the assembler didn't know what he was doing. But in cases like this, I'd say the opposite.