Klein Adroit Rainforest- ultralite inspired unicorn build

[Disco Drive]

White industries chainset

Well, the gold bolts definitely give it that XC Pro Ultralite look. Annoyingly, I.D double chainring bolts didn’t fit so I had to re-use the Cr-Mo nuts. And it appears that no-one makes 14mm long alloy inner bolts anymore?

 

[dnbmatt28]

Re:

This seller has a load of Kronos inner bolts if you check 15.5mm will fit?
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Cheers
Matt

 

[pw_pw_la]

This is going to look lovely.

And shiny.

Any tips on sourcing and then polishing up that WI crankset so nicely!?

 

[Disco Drive]

I found the chainset on U.S eBay in good used condition. I then sanded out the deepest scratches before investing in a bench grinder polishing wheel set. There are some things that only a machine can do!
The rings were then all stripped and re- anodised.

 

[pw_pw_la]

Yeah, I have a feeling my hand sanding and polishing routine is about to get old real quickly...

 

[DACO]

Re: White industries chainset

Well, the gold bolts definitely give it that XC Pro Ultralite look. Annoyingly, I.D double chainring bolts didn’t fit so I had to re-use the Cr-Mo nuts. And it appears that no-one makes 14mm long alloy inner bolts anymore?

I have never seen white industries rings. This crankset is amazing,...nice work!

 

[gregkline55]

beautiful frame!

 

[Disco Drive]

beautiful frame!

It’s the ultimate for me.. I have reached nirvana with this one!

 

[gregkline55]

beautiful frame!

It’s the ultimate for me.. I have reached nirvana with this one!

live it up brother, do it exactly how you want it!

 

[Disco Drive]

The brakes:

I decided quite early on that I wanted something a little more exotic than XTR cantis. It seems there is a clear supply and demand issue with vintage cantilever brakes and they always command strong prices.
I nearly bought a complete bikes worth of NOS Onza HO’s in black, but veered away in the end as I thought they would look a little clunky for this build and I was concerned about the many reports of them cracking.

During one of my daily searches, I came across a set of early Piranha Curve Racing Jaws. These were made in the days before they churned out mass produced versions for Kona OE.
I liked the Grafton-esque appearance of them and thought the mismatched set had potential.