I'm very excited! I got the first upgrades done on my bike in a series of planned upgrades. This is all in prep for ditching my car to commute to work on my bike. [Check out Jude's blog: DitchYourCarNow That's where I got the inspiration from.] Anywho, I grabbed a few pics this weekend after I was done tweaking the brakes, repairing some rubber covers, and installing the new bike computer I got for my birthday. There are a few other things I had done to the bike but those were done at a local Schwinn shop as there are no Klein dealers in the States as of current (though rumors have it there will be next year possibly. . . huge hooray for that!)

Here's a shot of the sexy bike. I felt I needed to do the bike justice with a real shot instead of a pic stolen of the web that looks a wee bit crumby. This is the Klein Attitude. The paint job is hand done. It's a fade from blue to purple. I fell in love with the bike at first site. And then once you pick up this bike and see just how light weight it is, you're sold on it.
One of the first changes/repairs I had done was swapping out the old trigger shifters for grip shifters. This was brought on originally because the trigger shifters needed to be rebuilt or replaced as they had seen better days. I actually prefer the grip shifters as that's what I had on my previous DiamondBack bike. So, since I had to replace/rebuild the shifters I figured it was as good a time as ever. These are SRAM Attacks. I had been having trouble with the original grips coming off so it turned out well that I needed new grips to work with the grip shifters.
Since I was having work done on the shifters and there was already a question of whether or not I'd have to get some cabling added, I figured it would be a great time to swap out the original handlebar riser to a new adjustable angle riser. This is a great investment. I got the shop to raise my seat and in doing so, realized I needed to have the ability to adjust the handlebar height as well. This new riser by UND will allow me a lot of free play. The ride is much more comfy now with the handlebar height agreeing with the seat height.
Here's a (not-so-) lovely shot of the new cycle computer. I have no idea what was going on with my camera. But, it's the picture I have so . . . This computer is by Cateye. I'm not really efficient with it yet, but it is gonna be fun and feed my addiction to numbers and patterns.
And here's what feeds the cycle computer so it can calculate your distance and all that jazz. Along the fork, I installed the wireless relay system. Then on one of the spokes, you attach a magnet. The two devices have to pass closely to each other so the relay can sense the magnet.
Hopefully it won't be too long before I can do the next in the series of upgrades to the bike. I'll try and keep ya posted.