Broken Barrel Adjuster

sorni-<< I have an '03 Klein Q-carbon Team (road bike), 5-6 months old.

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<< My question is, is this a design flaw common to this particular frame/model?

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Klein has nearly always had this design, a really complicated answer to a really simple question. If
Klein is nervous about welding there, then they could easily use bolt on or riveted stops. the
inside the tube routing of brake and der is really a PIA...solves no problem, answers no question.

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I have an '03 Klein Q-carbon Team (road bike), 5-6 months old.

The other day I went out and started having rear shifting problems; turns out the barrel adjuster
had broken off at the threads, where it joins the downtube for internal cable routing.

My question is, is this a design flaw common to this particular frame/model? ...

Yes, I believe it's a common problem with Kleins; I've broken two in six months. The best solution
is to not replace the barrel adjuster, just have the housing (with a cap) stop in the frame. I
just adjust the cable tension at the derailleur (not easy to do while riding on a big frame), but
you can also buy in-line cable adjusters which are usually installed a couple of inches inboard of
STI levers.

Re-threading the shift cables through the downtube is also a pain, but I've found bending a small
kink in the end of the cable, and using a magnet outside the tube to guide it, works pretty well.

I'm not a big fan of the backwards dropouts, either.

-David

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design, a really complicated answer to a

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really simple question. If Klein is nervous about welding there, then they could easily use bolt
on or riveted stops. the inside the tube routing of brake and der is really a PIA...solves no
problem, answers no question.

How about the question: "How do we make a bike different from all the others and sell more?"

I have a Quantum frame, and really like the looks of the internal routing, and it does make the bike
easier to clean. Replacing cables is a pain, and initially I got a lot of water inside the DT and BB
when riding in the rain. My fix was to add a couple of short lengths of cable liner where the cables
exit the down tube, and drilling a small drain hole in the BB shell.

-David

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I have an '03 Klein Q-carbon Team (road bike), 5-6 months old.

The other day I went out and started having rear shifting problems;

turns

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out the barrel adjuster had broken off at the threads, where it joins

the

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downtube for internal cable routing.

My question is, is this a design flaw common to this particular

frame/model?

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Yes, I believe it's a common problem with Kleins; I've broken two in six months. The best solution
is to not replace the barrel adjuster, just have the housing (with a cap) stop in the frame. I
just adjust the cable tension at the derailleur (not easy to do while riding on a big frame), but
you can also buy in-line cable adjusters which are usually installed a couple of inches inboard of
STI levers.

Well, if (when) this one breaks, that's what I'll do (forego the adjuster altogether). Thanks.

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Re-threading the shift cables through the downtube is also a pain, but I've found bending a small
kink in the end of the cable, and using a magnet outside the tube to guide it, works pretty well.

LBS dude used a plastic sheething (cable liner?), but picked one too short so it fell off inside
frame. I'll keep the magnet idea in mind!

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I'm not a big fan of the backwards dropouts, either.

Hmmm... haven't given me any problems, but thanks for drawing my attention to 'em! 🙂

Bill "still, road bike so trouble-free compared to mtb's" S.