Which Klein colourscheme? Contains Bike P*rn

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I've picked up an old Klein Quantum Pro frameset as a new project.
The plan is to go for a respray as the current paint is fairly knackered (18-24 month waiting list )

The Klein paintjobs are stunning, only problem is I can't decide which one to go for.
In case you're not familiar with the schemes, here's my shortlist:

Moonrise


Gator


Coral Reef


So, which would you go for?

[TwistingMyMelon]

Bottom

First one is camper than a tent

Second one is dull

Third one best of a bad bunch , although to be fair quite nice!

[tobinen]

Nice. Not heard of these but I like the coral reef and moonrise. Moonrise sounds better but the coral reef looks better

[Kell]

TwistingMyMelon said:

Bottom

First one is camper than a tent

Second one is dull

Third one best of a bad bunch , although to be fair quite nice!

Funny - I actually see the bottom one as 'camper' and like the top. I think it's a bad pic though as I've seen other versions where it's a bit brighter.

I didn't know Klein ever made road bikes and I think prefer the MTB schemes.



I almost bought one of these, instead of my Orange P7. Kind of wish I'd gone for the Klein in hindsight.

[sparkyb999]

from them 3, moonrise without any hesitation!

Moonrise and HLF are my favourite colours (2nd to the Dolomite Attitude MTB of course

[S10GTA]

I don't think any of them look good

[Vocal Minority]

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Coral Reef

More than a little of Conner Cummins McAdoo Kawasaki about that one

[hornetrider]

S10GTA said:

I don't think any of them look good

Begone ye heretic.

The Klein Attitude was THE unobtainium dream bike from my student days, when men were men, wheels were the right size and freeride was a mere glint in a marketeers eye.

[Matt_N]

There is a pearl yellow colour that is stunning, nice frames.

[Rob_T]

if you look and dress like this



then they are all ok.

otherwise, frankly, none are acceptable.

[Matt_N]

Have you enquires as to how much a decent paint job is going to cost?

As that will no doubt be a multi coat finishes that will need to be perfect to look good.

My local painter charges around £200 for a one colour and painted decal finish with a top quality level of finish, he re did some bits (Colour blends) on my Master and it's amazing.

[Matt_N]

This is nice:

[5potTurbo]

TwistingMyMelon said:

Bottom

First one is camper than a row of pink chiffon tents

Second one is dull

Third one best of a bad bunch , although to be fair quite nice!

Agreed, and ETA ^^^

[ecsrobin]

First


Third

[TwistingMyMelon]

forgot how great the Tiv looks in that colour

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Matt_N said:

Have you enquires as to how much a decent paint job is going to cost?

As that will no doubt be a multi coat finishes that will need to be perfect to look good.

My local painter charges around £200 for a one colour and painted decal finish with a top quality level of finish, he re did some bits (Colour blends) on my Master and it's amazing.

There are two well-regarded specialists for Klein paint and repairs - both are in the region of £500 for strip, prep and repaint in linear fades.
Specials such as Nightstorm would be extra.

Unfortunately the paints used on the original Kleins are no longer available, so it's hard to get a close match.
They are also hard to do well, so I wouldn't trust any old paint shop to do it.

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Here's a better 'Gator' pic - the one above doesn't quite do it justice in terms of brightness

[Matt_N]

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There are two well-regarded specialists for Klein paint and repairs - both are in the region of £500 for strip, prep and repaint in linear fades.
Specials such as Nightstorm would be extra.

Unfortunately the paints used on the original Kleins are no longer available, so it's hard to get a close match.
They are also hard to do well, so I wouldn't trust any old paint shop to do it.

Cool.

How do you distinguish between the pre and post Trek era ones?

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IIRC the manufacturing switched in 2001-2002 and quality nosedived thereafter.
Pretty easy to tell from frame serial numbers too.
If in doubt, the RetroBike forum is a great source of info - several ex-Klein employees post on there.

[sparkyb999]

Jonrock is the guy with an amazing skill for re-painting Klein's