Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

NDS pic the icing on the cake of clueless.

Hope that Klein finds a good home one day

I'm not sure it's possible to take a drive side photo of a mountain bike.

Tyres look wrong. But at resolution of the pic it appears a period build or survivor .. people raced on Aerospoke MTB wheels back in the day

The horror

Yup, those sweet Aerospokes deserve better than to be attached to that puke-inducing Klein

Edgy

Somehow this showed on my IG:

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BITD when it was all about MTBs, I was one of the 307 people who weren't interested and knew road bikes were where it's at...

Hence my assumption that Aerospokes on a MTB amounted to noob fail rather than period correctness... The hideous choice of white rather than black also seemed to indicate not stock, along with the tyres of course.

Curious as to the point of fitting aero monocoque wheels to a MTB, if it was anything beyond faddish bling?

Gotta disagree on both counts; there's nothing sweet about doing Aerospokes in white (well, maybe on a TT or track bike), and IMO that Klein could look pretty tits on proper wheels against an outdoor background.

There were a lot of "innovations" that seemed like a good idea at the time .. exotic wheels you had Tioga disk wheel, Hed Ringle, Spengle, Spinergy etc

I had a pair on my old trek, I did it because I was ‘COOL’ but it was a lot easier to clean and I never had bits of brush/undergrowth stuck in my spokes. So it was win win.

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Curious as to the point of fitting aero monocoque wheels to a MTB, if it was anything beyond faddish bling?

I think Spin were more common than spoks, but in either case the point was wheels which wouldn't go out of true rather than aero gainz

Gotta disagree

You're entitled to your opinion being wrong. I'm not entirely against some of the #sickfadez Kleins, but that one is just rank

If you insist. That last pic is pretty mint, even though I can't stand the sight of modern drivetrains

Aw that's gotta be one of my fav cranksets

Not sure where to put this?

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Functional thread >>>>>

I've seen them about a few times! Always has some tunes on the go.

First to see will buy

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If that was custom built, it was custom built for somebody very different from the current owner

I love that line, is it ever true?

I was clicking to see the +6 photos

The amount of times I try to swipe for the next pic. I've either had enough, or need another beer.

Wrong thread - I be trippin

Way to ruin a Macho Man.

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