Klein Attitude 1989 £1500 FB Marketplace

[swannymere]

Linky to Attitude

 

[fguki]

BAT serial means the seat tube was broken (general fail on the first ones of the first year back then) and had been recalled and repaired in factory ...

 

[swannymere]

Every day is a school day.

 

[Dr Dremel]

BAT serial means the seat tube was broken (general fail on the first ones of the first year back then) and had been recalled and repaired in factory ...

I never heard of broken seat tubes on Attitudes (besides the "normal" cracking around the relieve cut for the seat clamp). I´ve seen you mention this earlier, but AFAIK a number of early Attitudes had incorrectly reamed headtubes (undersized or reamed out too much). Affected frames were not repaired, but replaced. It is not clear if the added "B" before the "AT" moniker correlates to this probelm being solved, or (more likely) it was to distinguish subtle design changes regarding the cable inlets and length of the TT.

Sources:

http://www.secondspincyclesblog.com/2013/10/deciphering-1990-1993-klein-attitude.html

Post in thread 'Deciphering Klein S/N'

Dec 24, 2013

Just to throw a little cold water on the idea that early 1990 Attitudes, SN: ATxxx, had some issues with headsets and they then started BATxxx with the headsets done correctly.

My first one, SN: BAT487 had this very issue. Noticed the headset wasn't as tight as it should be and Klein sent out headset tool and new bearings but there were still problems. They then told the shop that some of them were "overbored", mine included, and it should be returned for a 91 model.

They said to keep riding it to the end of the season as it wasn't dangerous but a week later the headtube snapped...

• pinguwin

Maybe you´re confusing this with the later "Zip Grip" style seatpost clamp on Pulse? These frames were indeed recalled and subsequenty scrapped. Hence they now are ultra rare to come by, but not necessarily more desireable.

 

[fguki]

I am talking about that exact spot. Its part of the seat tube

 

[vtwinvince]

Hmmm, interesting. Mine also has the altered serial, and apparently the headset was reworked at the factory.

 

[stew-b]

This seems like a good price? I'm no expert though...

 

[27motorhead]

This seems like a good price? I'm no expert though...

I would say so. I’m no Klein expert but this colourway with full XT kit and looks like decent original paint (unless I’m mistaken) = decent price. No fancy high end components to push the price up, and build choice is so personal, you end up paying extra for stuff you don’t really want.

 

[fguki]

Hmmm, interesting. Mine also has the altered serial, and apparently the headset was reworked at the factory.

Why headset?

 

[7Speed]

That’s lovely and a reasonable price - but isn’t it rather small?