Thanks! I’ll sand off the old binder bolt eyelets and run a standard Klein seat clamp on it—won’t lose any significant length on the seat tube. (I think you are right—‘97 was first year for the new seat clamp…Trek did bring at least some good edits to Klein.) I’ll check out Tune cranks but...
Lewadaada—follow up on your build (did you get the gearing sorted?): its a ‘95 so assume its a press fit Klein bb set up or did you swap that out? I have a ‘95 (same color!) and am debating swapping the Klein out for an bearing insert I can run octalink, etc with.
I concede Fguki might have improved his approach, but the point is solid—the magenta on resprays, even using Klein’s old stock of magenta is a different shade (and opaque-ness) and not just because of lights. But I’ve spoken with solid re-sprayers and it appears to be an issue of aging—that is...
Nice work on the fades! Send us pics of a moonrise the next time you do one—seems every painter has a different take on that color combo—especially how dark the purple gets.
you can measure the diameter with a mocrometer and pick up almost any size you need on eBay for ~$20. I’ve never had issues getting ones. (Klein didn’t stamp their Pro seat-clamps, so no need to look for an original—although they did have a convenient little lip to stop it from sliding down the...