All right … all right … all right … you’ve found it. This Klein Attitude Race from the Clinton era is the ’70 Chevy Chevelle Super Sport of mountain bikes. It’s not Eleanor, but you’re not here to be cliché. Hey Wooderson, what do we have?
Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin' right here, all right. We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some American made muscle.
Now you’re asking yourself, why is this bike called Melba Toast … why, indeed? Answer: because it soaks up the competition. You’re also asking how a bike can have so many automotive parts?! Answer: it doesn’t.
This is Klein’s top secret aluminum gradium frame, low maintenance Shimano XT cranks/shifters/front derailleur/brakes (way easier to keep tuned than disc brakes), XTR rear derailleur for crisp holeshots, Manitou shock is plush and low maintenance (no oil/air), Cane Creek Cronos rims and headset, upgraded grips/stem/bars/post/seat to optimize your riding geometry and style, tuned-up to run on pump gas, a few scuffs on the top tube, all wrapped in a very clean special Koi paint scheme that gleams with the heat of a thousand suns. This is the kind of bike you can work on in the front yard as your neighbors nod with approval…no bike shops for you.
There are plenty of used bikes out there. Don’t be like O’Bannion. Get on your bike and ride…perhaps to get Aerosmith tickets, perhaps to find enlightenment, perhaps all of the above.
First $976 US dollars takes it home. Includes box of random parts to further customize this mean machine if that’s your thing.