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Yeah, I was leaning towards dirt drop before.
But, after seeing that, it has to be, surely?
1987/8/9? Mountain Klein build thread
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Yeah, I was leaning towards dirt drop before.
But, after seeing that, it has to be, surely?
That pretty much sealed it
I have some WTB'sGlad to be of assistance
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Dr Dremel
Fat Chance Fan
Nice!
Well then the poor man´s Cunningham idea is out the window. It´s a rich man´s Mountain Klein!I have some WTB's
Dr Dremel
Fat Chance Fan
One detail to add: Your frame should be a "later" Mountain Klein, as the first bikes (1985 MY only) had the rear derailleur cable through the chainstay. Yours is similar in style with the first Pinnacles with the additional cable stop at the drop out. Cable should feed through a hole in the U Brake post, no?
Edit: Should read the title first, 1988
Edit: Should read the title first, 1988
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I edited the title from 88 to 86, it might even be an 85 but I can find nothing on those, however the 86 seems to have been the last model with U-brakes front and rear. Mombat also has a spec sheet of sorts, so that puts catalogue reproduction into play, although I'll probably use it more as a guide than a template.
15 speed Suntour XC drive train with Suntour rollercams would form a nice basis and gives me something to aim at, things like saddle, seatpost and wheels I'll play by ear, period correctness, condition, quality and aesthetic appeal will be the main criteria for those.
As much as I want to make this a dirt drop build the steerer tube is a 21.1mm, and all my riser stems are 22.2. The only stem I have that fits is welded to a set of bullmoose bars, I will hunt for a nice period correct 21.1 riser but it's possible I'll have to abandon that idea and go for something a bit more tame.
15 speed Suntour XC drive train with Suntour rollercams would form a nice basis and gives me something to aim at, things like saddle, seatpost and wheels I'll play by ear, period correctness, condition, quality and aesthetic appeal will be the main criteria for those.
As much as I want to make this a dirt drop build the steerer tube is a 21.1mm, and all my riser stems are 22.2. The only stem I have that fits is welded to a set of bullmoose bars, I will hunt for a nice period correct 21.1 riser but it's possible I'll have to abandon that idea and go for something a bit more tame.
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Another lovely pic!Oh wow, unusual that these had a BMX sized steerer. Is it the original fork? Anyway, I can fully get behind a Klein with a Bullmoose
It may not be the original fork, but given Kleins insistence on making pretty much everything difficult for future restorers it wouldn't surprise me if it is. I have seen some other pics of these bikes with bullmoose bars and even BMX stems during my online digging, it's certainly throwing up some issues, I guess I'll need a BMX headset too?
