This is both possibly blasphemous and out of the time period, but with their
parts modifications and fabrications aren't both Klein and certain early
mountain bike builders like Cunningham sort of "constructeurs?" This is the
last I'll write about Gary Klein, but it would probably be a safe bet that
if bike technical trials existed today, he would be an enthusiastic
participant.
David FEldman
Vancouver, WA
> I really like the early Kleins that had boron reinforced frames, Fiamme
> Ergal rims, Pino skewers and long cage Jubilee gears. The
> unpardonable thing Klein did was to put square section chainstays on
> his mountain bikes. Bikes got really ugly in the late 80s and early
> 90s and this was the beginning.
>
> Another villain instrumental in the decline of the classic road bike
> was Greg LeMond. He used clip-ons in the Tour and a suspension fork
> in Paris-Roubaix.
>
> Leonard Bulger
>
> A^2, MI