vtwinvince
Senior Retro Guru
Wow, that was very quick turnaround for a project. Glad to see you're slumming it in the Valley with this nice weather.
1991 Klein Attitude
- Thread starter Canuckbiker
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Waterford 45
Diamond Back Fan
+1Did that ever clean up nice, whooooooosh. Gotta steal your polishing compound recipeLooking soooo good
BCSaltchucker
Retro Newbie
Very pretty early Attitude. In BC too!
I was surfing FB 4 days ago and found an Attitude came up for sale in Victoria, listed for a couple weeks before I saw it. I contacted them even though I am out of the country until March. Got my dad to go inspect it. Bought it!
It's the 91 Dolomite colour scheme - exactly the same model as I bought new in 1990. It need some work though, like repainting the stem, and m730 brakes, 91 7sp rapidfire, 737 spd, vintage tires and such to bring it back to 91 spec. Came with vintage Bullseye cranks and Roox post I might just leave on the bike. I won't even get to see the bike in person until spring, can't wait! (sorry for the bad pics, I was not there to take them - ugh). Seller seemed to have good knowledge about the bike.
I was surfing FB 4 days ago and found an Attitude came up for sale in Victoria, listed for a couple weeks before I saw it. I contacted them even though I am out of the country until March. Got my dad to go inspect it. Bought it!
It's the 91 Dolomite colour scheme - exactly the same model as I bought new in 1990. It need some work though, like repainting the stem, and m730 brakes, 91 7sp rapidfire, 737 spd, vintage tires and such to bring it back to 91 spec. Came with vintage Bullseye cranks and Roox post I might just leave on the bike. I won't even get to see the bike in person until spring, can't wait! (sorry for the bad pics, I was not there to take them - ugh). Seller seemed to have good knowledge about the bike.
Great score! A few of us locally on the mainland have seen that one for a while, I'm glad to see someone on the forum nabbed it, Bullseye cranks!
I love the Dolomite paint scheme, hopefully you have success matching the MC1 handlebar/stem green when you repaint
BCSaltchucker
Retro Newbie
yeah my dad says he has a local bike painter who might be able, but I have used DeKerf in Richmond before and they are ace at reproducing colours. Or I just order an OEM green one on ebay lol.
BCSaltchucker
Retro Newbie
OK I just realized a potentially expensive disappointing problem with the bike I just bought. I appears by the pictures that they sawed off the rear brake cable bridge to make room for the Magura brakes setup! wow. just wow. I am changing it back to cable brakes and that becomes problematic on a few fronts. Perhaps there is a similar bridge I could find which can be rivetted on or clamped on, as the bridge is not a cable housing stop merely a cable guide. Will also need to find the cable sleeve and housing stop for the front entry of the internal brake cable route, but I knew that going in. geeeeeeeez Sawed it off!
Now I once installed maguras on my 2nd Attitude, a 93 model. But I know I did not saw off the brake bridge!
Now I once installed maguras on my 2nd Attitude, a 93 model. But I know I did not saw off the brake bridge!
BCSaltchucker
Retro Newbie
maybe I could find one of those CNC canti-brake-booster-bridge items and fabricate a cable guide to it.
BCSaltchucker
Retro Newbie
hey that might be much cleaner than a booster, thanks JCS. then it could eliminate the need to install a new house end stop in the frame entry, just use housing right to the back. thanks!
