So, the shift cables on the Klien Palomino run through the frame. It looks cool. It keeps mud off them. As a word of caution to anyone who has this bike or has ever considered it; it also makes them devilishly hard to put back together.
I just spent the better part of two freaking days trying to thread the front derailleur cable back through those cockeyed holes. I got it, but not without becoming more frustrated at points then I can possibly express in written language. Having it done is an almost euphoric experience. I kid you not when I say I'm writing this in a slightly altered state. I don't think it'll ever catch on with street gangs. Two days of trying to thread a needle using a crowbar with your eyes closed is probably too much for a casual high. But, eh, please excuse any typos.
My quandary was my own !@#$% fault for not tying a string to the &*)#ing cable before I pulled it. But how the %*#) do people who just buy that frame do it? Does Klien include some sort of a tool? Am I inconceivably stupid for not getting it with ease? Or do they just let people suffer and guard their plant against the blood-thirsty bikers who must want to blow it up?
-- - Joel C.
"Smile and take your awkward bow. Turn and stumble off the stage. Let the rain be your applause, every encore soothe your rage." - "Benediction" by The Weakerthans
So, the shift cables on the Klien Palomino run through the frame. It looks cool. It keeps mud off them. As a word of caution to anyone who has this bike or has ever considered it; it also makes them devilishly hard to put back together.
{Tale of frustrated woe snipped}
Get yourself a hunk of /cable housing liner/ and use that to thread the cable through the holes. Make sure it's long enough, or you'll end up taking off the fork to get it out of the frame. (The mechanic did that to my Klein road bike; he wasn't very happy with himself.)
Bill "of course, Miles helped me only time *I* had to do it" S.
So, the shift cables on the Klien Palomino run through the frame. It looks cool. It keeps mud off them. As a word of caution to anyone who has this bike or has ever considered it; it also makes them devilishly hard to put back together.
(snip)
From the Klein website:
"If cables need service or replacement, reinstall guide sleeves prior to removing the cables. If a cable has been removed prior to this, reinstalling a guide sleeve can be difficult. To most, threading a guide sleeve through a frame can be an arduous task and will likely take several attempts."
Sounds like you proved 'em right! Sorry to hear of your difficulties. I don't own a Klein, but always wondered what the trick was to changing cables on these things. Looks to me like the PIA factor is pretty high.
So, the shift cables on the Klien Palomino run through the frame. It looks cool. It keeps mud off them. As a word of caution to anyone who has this bike or has ever considered it; it also makes them devilishly hard to put back together.
I just spent the better part of two freaking days trying to thread the front derailleur cable back through those cockeyed holes. I got it, but not without becoming more frustrated at points then I can possibly express in written language. Having it done is an almost euphoric experience. I kid you not when I say I'm writing this in a slightly altered state. I don't think it'll ever catch on with street gangs. Two days of trying to thread a needle using a crowbar with your eyes closed is probably too much for a casual high. But, eh, please excuse any typos.
My quandary was my own !@#$% fault for not tying a string to the &*)#ing cable before I pulled it. But how the %*#) do people who just buy that frame do it? Does Klien include some sort of a tool? Am I inconceivably stupid for not getting it with ease? Or do they just let people suffer and guard their plant against the blood-thirsty bikers who must want to blow it up?
