Recent content by johndiggity

Yeah the seat tube on this frame is tall as well. I tried a few different clamp-on cable stop solutions but most are designed for older steel tube diameters. I tried a lot of different solutions and this has been the best so far. Some others I looked at were a damper support for a motorcycle and...

Had a similar issue with my Klein Pinnacle and the internal routing going to the rear brake. I used a Tektro seat binder cable stop from eBay and super noodles. Would have loved something more elegant but the tubing was too larger for any of the clamp-on cable stop solutions.

I've taken a look at the old catalogs and am still a little stumped. I'm quite sure it's a Pinnacle, I'm quite sure it's Sovereign Blue, but I can't seem to find a year where the Pinnacle (XT I am assuming from the groupset) was offered in Soverign Blue with the seat stay-mounted brake bosses...

Thanks for this! I had seen another thread where a Pinnacle owner had a “P” serial number so I (wrongly) assumed that was the case with all. I’m quite certain about my original guess now, Occam’s razor and all.

I just picked up this old Klein as a project. Frame is in decent shape; scratches and a lot of chain suck but no bends or dings. I initially placed it as a 1988 Pinnacle due to the color (looks like sovereign blue) and lack of model sticker, but after stripping it down to the frame, I noticed...