Performance model was offered with at various times with Victory, Ultegra, or Chorus or DuraAce.
Nice link, and thanks. My Performance was pre-drilled on the ST for a direct-bolt Suntour Superbe Pro FD. The BB is press-fit, so I never bothered to see what brand it was, but it's symmetrical.
Which made it difficult to think about. Why Superbe Pro, and double, on a "touring" setup? Very little range in that. Just two more challenges in building this bike, which was, without a doubt, THE most challenging build I've done.
1-Shifter mounts. I'm no machinist, but that would have helped.
2-Shift cable routing. All I can say is WTF?
3-BB (luckily, it was like new) Left it alone.
4-Finding a triple crankset for a symmetrical BB. I'd been lucky to remember a previous build with RSX 7-sp.
5-Finding and shimming a compact triple FD to fit the odd ST diameter (I used brass), FD is a 7730.
6-27.4 seat post (again, thanks to @
nesteel)
7-still working on fenders. 28's won't fit with fenders.
It was worth
every bad word I said while I built it.
Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Just in case any Klein fans haven't seen this:
MyHistoryOfKleinRoadBikes
My Quantum Pro is still my best bike and main ride at 21 years old and I have hardly any motivation to get something newer.
Built it up from a bare, unused frame: 1998 model in 2003, picked every single component... replaced almost all of them since then too.
I can
easily understand why Klein owners keep them and update the components as needed. I ride Thunder Ridge each year, and a guy on a "chameleon" orange Klein has been there 6 years in a row, and went from 7700 to 7800 and now is at 9000 in components. He climbs right up that mountain. That's one of those bikes where people riding by ask "is that carbon?"
