lets see your khs's

[FireMountain95]

JEEZ! :shock:

So just regular chip shop malt vinegar? I may have to try this, not had much luck with penetrating oil.

I got cheap white vinegar from the corner shop. I read up on ot, if it's aluminium or alloy stuck in steel, apparently penetrating oil doesn't do much, need something acidic, some others suggest coke works as well....

 

[MT62]

This thread makes me want to get a KHS. Good job on the seatpost, the frame looks great.

And I've always removed stuck stems with delicious vinegar, I mean, the second cheapest. Once the lady at the shop even told me that particular one tastes great.

 

[Rokkoko]

Hi! Is this a KHS Alite 4000? Would be fun if anyone has more information about it. From which year? Did they sell it as a frame set or complete bike? Original fork? Pics from catalog?

 

[Wolverine1094]

So I have combed over this entire thread and it’s got some really great info! I have a 1991 (maybe 1990) KHS Montana Team that is getting a period correct build up (or as close as I can get). The only problem is that I have not found a catalogue from those years…There is a good Utube video on one of these that looks just like mine. I also looked at the Ritchey builds from this era since my frame is made with the Ritchey Tange Prestige tubing (And looks a lot like the P-23 and Ultra frames) I get the impression that these earlier frames before KHS went to True Temper tubes are a bit rarer and there is very little that I have found regarding build spec. Here is a pic of my bike, I will update when I get my shipment of Ritchey/XT components!

If anybody has an old catalogue and anything about this model year please chime in.

 

[moonlite]

Nice find! Information on KHS seems to be pretty thin on the ground though.

There's one catalogue in the archive on here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/Manufacturer+Archive/KHS+Archive/Catalogues/1993/

 

[racer x]

 

[xcstu]

Enjoyed reading this thread For my 21st birthday a loooong time ago my parents bought me my KHS Montana Pro and it was such an under rated frame! So light and pleasure to ride! The one bike I wish I hadn’t let go

 

[Wolverine1094]

So when I got my 1990/1991 Montana team (Ritchey Tange Prestige tubes) it only came with the logic fork, headset,seatpost and stem…I striped it down to the bare frame with just the headset cups and rear brake posts and it weighed exactly 4 pounds. The bare fork with brake posts was 680 grams. Curious about how this compares to the newer bikes made with True Temper chromoly if anyone was able to do this. That’s pretty light for a steel frame/fork. I will update this when I get all of the goodies I just found…Ritchey rims, brakes, cranks, handlebar, XT derailers and 7 speed thumbyes…vintage Ti BB…it should weigh in the low 20’s…I hope!

 

[Wolverine1094]

I got cheap white vinegar from the corner shop. I read up on ot, if it's aluminium or alloy stuck in steel, apparently penetrating oil doesn't do much, need something acidic, some others suggest coke works as well....

So I have done a lot of work on sailboats and have run across hardware that has stainless steel and aluminum. When this gets frozen a good soak works best. Coke has phosphoric acid which will dissolve the aluminum oxidation…in extreme cases like steel bolts into an aluminum lower unit on an outboard I have used PB blaster and map gas. It usually takes at least three times of heating the area up and then spraying it. This can and will melt the paint so it’s really a last resort if soaking does not work or you can‘t soak the item/parts.