Can you fit V-Brakes on a Klein Attitude?

[Yetidh9]

Has anyone found a nice solusion to fill a drilled top tube hole?

One could use a Magua cable to fit in so the hole dose not look so oversized. Anyone found a nice solution?

 

[munkey_bwy]

It doesn't really matter, klein's don't get ridden

 

[Yetidh9]

It doesn't really matter, klein's don't get ridden

Sorry to break the illusion... mine does... But, your right, there is a lot of Klein garage queens

 

[munkey_bwy]

It doesn't really matter, klein's don't get ridden

Sorry to break the illusion... mine does... But, your right, there is a lot of Klein garage queens

You are one of the rare few yeti, when i get a Klein i am going to ride it like stole it and not clean it like my other bikes

 

[ishaw]

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Klein did make an adapter, it costs and when they come up, still sell for a lot of £. Its essentially a small metal tube with a ferrule on the end, and needs a zip tie round the tube. Not elegant at all. I did have one, and toyed with using it when I had a Klein, but didn't. I did contemplate the idea of modifying a v brake noodle so that it fitted in the existing hole, then joining it with brake outer to a noodle at the brake. Using Nokon outer would look much nicer, you could probably use a flexible noodle too.

 

[Yetidh9]

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Klein did make an adapter, it costs and when they come up, still sell for a lot of £. Its essentially a small metal tube with a ferrule on the end, and needs a zip tie round the tube. Not elegant at all. I did have one, and toyed with using it when I had a Klein, but didn't. I did contemplate the idea of modifying a v brake noodle so that it fitted in the existing hole, then joining it with brake outer to a noodle at the brake. Using Nokon outer would look much nicer, you could probably use a flexible noodle too.

Thanks. I have seen that adapter in pictures. Not exactly what you would expect from Klein...

Well, what i was asking was also more a question of how in best possible way to cover up for someone that has drilled the frame. That could be with use of some kind of inset into the hole, or a thicker plastic tube to make it look less odd, or... in general to see and hear if some of you have found a solution to making it look more smooth and nice after some (previours) owner has made the error of drilling the frame...

 

[ishaw]

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Thinking out loud here. Many modern frames have internal routing and use an adapter that fits/mounts in the hole in the frame from the outside. Trying to think what they are called, but escaping me at the moment. I have some somewhere.

 

[Yetidh9]

I was thinking kind of the same way... it may be the case that I just have to go to a modern bike store and inspect what they have on the carbonftames

 

[Yetidh9]

Something like this

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2045007366

 

[ishaw]

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If I remember, I'll take some pics of the ones I have. Bought them for this type of use but dont have a use for them at present.