Another Klein Pinnacle

One day my partner came to me with the suggestion to take our bicycles with us on vacation. There her daily bike is very heavy and slow i straight away started to think about making her a very quick and light bike with the components i had lying around. That meant again a bike from the end of the eighties or beginning of the nineties and so my eye fell once again on a Klein Pinnacle!

After a short search on ebay i found a suitable frame with crappy paint so i could tinker with it without feeling guilty of removing the original paint. The frame arrived within a few weeks after purchase and so i started to strip the paint and mount the components.

The end result is very nice riding bike which is being used daily on fitness rides!

Specs:

Frame: Klein Pinnacle

Fork: Specialized Direct Drive

Headset: Shimano Deore DX

Stem: Kalloy

Handlebar: On-One Mary (finish stripped)

Levers: Shimano Deore DX

Grip: No name

Seatpost: IRD

Seat: Specialized

Seatbolt: Shimano Deore XT

Front brake: IRD Switchback

Rear brake: Pedersen SE

Bracket: Klein

Cranks: Shimano Deore DX 175mm

Chainwheel: Surly 36 teeth

Pedals: Specialize platform

Chain: Shimano

Cassette: Shimano 7 speed

Hubset: Shimano Deore DX

Quick releases: Shimano Deore DX

Spokes: Stainless

Rims: Araya RM-14

Rear derailleur: Shimano Deore DX

Tires: Schwalbe Marathon Racer 26"x1,5"

Updates

After having ridden my bikes for some time it once again became time to fine tune them.

Specialized S-Works steel:

I grew tired of the single speed setup so i updated it to a 7 speed configuration by adding a Shimano Deore XT rear derailleur and a Suntour barcon shifter. The tires were changed to a skin wall Panaracer Smoke and Dart set and Specialized pedals were installed.

Klein Pinnacle:

There i'm planning to ride more on the road, this because i made a bike for my partner, i added the Tom Slick 1.4 tires again. For comfort i also added a Seven titanium handlebar.

Klein Performance:

I found that the reach and the drop of the handlebar were too much for me so i replaced the 3TTT stem and handlebar with a short reach Nitto Dirt-drop stem and a On One Midge handlebar which also has a nice outward flare on them. Also i changed the seatpost to a Nitto Specialized S-Works one because i needed the IRD post for my partners bike. The pedals were replaced with some nice Shimano platforms because i use the bike more with sneakers.