Roland's 2001 Klein Adept Upgrades

I bought my 2001 Klein Adept Comp in April of 2002, with the intent of buying it pretty much for just the frame and rear shock. I already had a Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo which had served me well for five years, however, after an uncountable number of times over the handle bars and perhaps an even larger number of upgrades and replacements it was time to get a new frame, this time the right size. As I believed, and still believe, it was the fact that my frame was too small which resulted in me being tossed over the handle bars so many times. So out with my 16.5" Hoo Koo E Koo, and in with the 19.3" (Large) Adept.

Although Klein for whatever reason seems to claim the bike comes as 27.3 lbs, in actual fact the size large, with the pedals that they supply, weighs 28.8 lbs. Since then I've switched over parts from my HKEK, and upgraded a number of others. Except from the Frame, Rear Shock, Seat Post, Stem, BB, and Front Crank everything has been replaced. The following table shows each of the original parts that have been replaced, the replacement part, and the weights, as measured by me. The second table shows the original parts with weights as known. After all the upgrades, and with bar ends, a computer, and lizard skins added, it's down to 26.7 lbs with lights!

Replaced Parts

Part	Original Adept	Weight	New Component	Weight
Seat	Bontrager FS2000 Cro-Mo	380	Nashbar	335
Pedals	Shimano M515	500	Wellgo MG-18 Ti	280
Reflectors	Front, Rear, 2 Wheels	100	None
Rear Wheel	Rolf Satellite	1130	Sun Sub IV, XT Hub	1020
Cassette	SRAM 7.0 12.32	310	Shimano XT 12-32	265
Rear Tube	Cheng 1.5"-1.75"	110	Performance Lunarlite	75
Rear Tire	Bontrager Revolt X	645	Performance Trailblaster 1.8"	440
Rear Skewer	Rolf	65	Shimano XT	60
Front Wheel	Rolf Satellite	835	Sun Sub IV, XT Hub	790
Front Tube	Cheng 1.5"-1.75"	110	Performance Lunarlite	80
Front Tire	Bontrager Revolt X	645	Performance Trailblaster 1.8"	435
Front Skewer	Rolf	60	Shimano XT	55
Rear Derailleur	Shimano LX	285	Shimano XT	245
Brakes	Shimano 420	190	Shimano XTR	195
Brake Levers	ProMax	180	None
Shifters	Shimano Deore	270	None
Brake/Shifter Pod	None		Shimano XT	410
Headset	Aheadset STR	1760	King NoThreadset	125
Front Suspension	Manitou SX	1760	Rock Shock Duke SL (8" steerer)	1590
Seat Post Clamp	Simple 5mm Bolt	20	Salsa Flip Lock	45
Grips	Bontrager Ergo	90	Answer	60
Bar Ends	None		Generic	130
Computer	None		Cateye Enduro 2	55
Chain Stay Guard	None		Lizard Skins	15
Bottom Bracket	Shimano BB-LP27 (Alvio)	365	Shimano ES 70	255
Crankset	Bontrager Comp	760	Shimano XT M751	645
Chain	Sram PC 59	270	Shimano XTR (300g/116 links) 106 links	274
Water Bottle Cage			Trek Red Cage	75
Rear Light Bracket			Cateye Tl 600	20
Front Light			20W wide beam	70

Remaining Original Parts

Part	Original Adept	Weight
Seat Post & Bolts	Bontrager Sport	275
Front Derailleur	Shimano LX	128
Handlebars	Bontrager Cruiser	3610
Stem	Bontrager Sport AHS
Frame, Rear Suspension, Cables	Klein Adept Comp

Weights in blue are from the manufacturer website, weights in green are weights of superior parts on the manufacturers website. Weight in red is calculated from subtracting everything else from the total weight.

The Finished Deal

Well finished is always questionable, there's still the front derailleur to replace with an XTR isn't there! (Actually the picture was taken before the XT/R crankset/BB/chain upgrade) and it doesn't include my winter gear, i.e. the lights.

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