Neo Neon Kleiningham,
KLEINs durethane enamel wet paint results in a deep bright glossy finish,

A bit of Neo retro here & back then received as a BMX-Cruiser ...
Hold on it wasn't that bad partswise ... just really dusty

Then playfully build back with a span of parts,
back to be "more" period correct.
Yet adding interesting little refinements, such as Maxx rear brake booster (post 97?), Avid cable hangers and a short 735 RD, same style as Charlie Cunningham who modified and used shortcase Shimano 600 DR aswell early on.


Frame
Pinnacle; normal model with unfiled rear triangle vs the elite model for extra shaving under the paintjob, hold on that was even only available during the 80s when the pinnacle was their Topmodel, before and along the later topgun....

Its a typical 19" KLEIN (modern measuring measure) in their Neon BrightGreen Colorcode. Fake Storck color "Schema" ? Well it was typically the Rascal, Attitude and Adroit which got painted the german race team colors. On my interpretation its taken further as an offroad dropbar race build with purple fork instead of green and that way its all a bit mixed up with the same funky gesture remaining.

-> Fork / forkupgrade (OG stached away of course),
Upgrade to suspension fork like the sales ad suggests ? not here, no way, instead the very best of early straight blade Crmo tubing and vibration absorbing dropbars/Gooseneck stem combo.
A tuningfork with wtb designed Koski straight blade taper tubing, filletbrazed yet unknown US maker, possibly a custom Ross Shafer, Cunningham or Tesh product order at the time.. with Don Koski's legendary fork blades that taper from 1" at the iconic crown to 3/4"

Build
At the core a period centered build with functional character, as most often times this seems to be the passion of tuning your machine to the needs and tweaks of the rider.. German KLEIN - TEAM Storck Colors come to mind... express what it is ...
"A Germanaic Dropbar-Kleiningham"

Cockpit
Flat
DX/XT ll Mix of Components, DX canti brakes silver/black
Steep Rise Answer quill Stem with Noodle in black elox, later updated for short American Aluminum Salsa style patent roller Stem.
Started with Oury Grips then changed for Grab on Foam with Syncros Steerhorns and Velox cloth bartape.

-> drop
XT-732 Cockpit for flatbar
M091Trigger on DKG/Suntour Shifter perche-pots combo, originally fabricated by Dave G. for flatbars but used by WTB
with a hole modification on drobars mixed with Suntour pot-clamp!
J.G. Clockwork custom brazed LD (long Distance ) stem with WB1 Offroad Dropbars

Wheelset/Tires
Mavic & XT mixed Oxygen/281rims
Some of Maxxis first mtb wire bead tires, purple Snake type labels
Maxxis Black Wall, Viper and Cobra to start the journey
-> then Michelin Wildgripper semi/slick vs Schwalbe Winter tires, yet also raced on Irc foldable redwall tires)

Seatpost
Syncros (97model) & Shimano (in the Touring Album), (Moby Ringle as temporary color-experiment) - Ird seatposts with the lack of setback non ideal at the current dropbar reach/geometry but for changes and a wider bar sure...

Saddles
Wtb/Specialized Prolong Saddles,
-> BMX Unicanitor for overall #CC vibe