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Klein had loads of innovations. smooth welded construction, oversized alu tubes, oversized integrated bottom brackets. integrated headsets, complex butted (axial and radial) alloy tubes, shaped tubes etc. Klein also adopted a lot of the stuff that was just starting to happen such as internal cable routing, extended seat-tubes, threadless steer tubes and vertical drop-outs. Quality and finish was also extraordinary.
When Klein came along most road bicycles used 1" steel tubes--- with a few exceptions such as Vitus with their alu tubes or the Teledyn Titanium--- and were in larger sizes quite noodles. The Klein frames were lighter and stiffer than pretty much anything out there.