KHS knowledge please. Montaña Team 1996

[FireMountain95]

Hi,

I wonder if any KHS gurus can tell me anything about this frame. Seller thinks it was originally purchased in Hong Kong.

I found what i think is an accurate spec sheet here:
https://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/Bik ... item=50485

But, very few references or images anywhere else on the Internet.

Deciding how much effort to put into removing a very stuck seatpost....

Thanks

 

[foz]

Re:

Not seen that colour before. But it will be worth it, KHS are good and ride well, there are a few on here and I don't remember ever reading anything bad about them

 

[fearfactoryüberalles]

Hi, nice frame, with a bit of help it will be saved, try my method (100% succes rate so far for me)

Chemical corrosion is a nasty tight bond, won't give in easily anyway, I wouldn't use any method until I've tried the following:

I clamp the seatpost in the vice, put some sponge material around the seattube to cover it properly, where the seatpost is stuck inside (zip tie is the best to make it stay). Then I start to go mad with the freezing spray on the frame, giving it to around the seatpost area and from the BB shell (using some long straw-like plastic tube extension on the nozzle), wetting the sponge as much as possible and even spraying the inside of the stuck seatpost ( as well as through the bottom bracket shell). Then comes the brute force part: breaking the bond by twisting the frame sideways. Alloy will shrink more than steel, and voilá-the bond is gone, time to open a cold, well-deserved brew!

Worked for me every time so far, though it can be a great workout in more stubborn cases :facepalm: .

 

[FireMountain95]

Hi, nice frame, with a bit of help it will be saved, try my method (100% succes rate so far for me)

Chemical corrosion is a nasty tight bond, won't give in easily anyway, I wouldn't use any method until I've tried the following:

I clamp the seatpost in the vice, put some sponge material around the seattube to cover it properly, where the seatpost is stuck inside (zip tie is the best to make it stay). Then I start to go mad with the freezing spray on the frame, giving it to around the seatpost area and from the BB shell (using some long straw-like plastic tube extension on the nozzle), wetting the sponge as much as possible and even spraying the inside of the stuck seatpost ( as well as through the bottom bracket shell). Then comes the brute force part: breaking the bond by twisting the frame sideways. Alloy will shrink more than steel, and voilá-the bond is gone, time to open a cold, well-deserved brew!

Worked for me every time so far, though it can be a great workout in more stubborn cases :facepalm: .

Thanks for the tip, i read about the freezing method before. One challenge is i don't have a vice, so I'm working with some limited resources. I may try and find a cheap one to give this a try, i may try vinegar down the setatube as a cheap next attempt....!!

 

[foz]

Re:

I've had success after soaking a stuck seatpost with coca cola for a couple of days. Maybe not quite as quick or effective as the freezing method, but cheap and easy and worth a try!

 

[TheEasyLife]

Other then the front mech cable being routed on the left of the top tube, the frame looks very similar indeed to my collection of 88-93 steel Montana's. They do ride well but only had a UK importer for a handful of years from 92/3 onwards hence a relatively low profile here.

My 88 and 89 Montanas are also from Hong Kong. They have stickers on the frames from the shops they were sold from.. I always wondered how they started out in HK then ended up in blighty..

HTH

James

 

[FireMountain95]

Other then the front mech cable being routed on the left of the top tube, the frame looks very similar indeed to my collection of 88-93 steel Montana's. They do ride well but only had a UK importer for a handful of years from 92/3 onwards hence a relatively low profile here.

My 88 and 89 Montanas are also from Hong Kong. They have stickers on the frames from the shops they were sold from.. I always wondered how they started out in HK then ended up in blighty..

HTH

James

Thanks for that. I bought the frame with a respray in mind, but I'm quite intrigued to have something that seems to be relatively uncommon, with few images anywhere. I'm now minded to keep the colour and just try and touch it up or clearcoat it. Nasty bit of chainrub and a few bad areas around the drop out need looking at....

 

[FireMountain95]

Vinegar soak, an adjustable spanner and another old seatpost for leverage did the trick...thanks for the tips...