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Hello, I'm the owner of the bike above, which I've had since new. Thanks for your comments and here's some explanations.
Reason for the colour overload is that parts came free or very cheap. Brakes were free. Cranks were at dealer cost. Original frame stickers were faded and the nice people at Orange sent me a selection of new ones for nothing.
I agree, the stem is hideous but I'm getting on in years and old motorcycle crash injuries mean that the 0 degree Control Tech stem, which I still have, is too uncomfortable for my back. Suppose I could try to find something more apropriate but it works and it was cheap.
The old front tyre picked up a cut recently and was replaced by that new Conti. Very light, very grippy, rolls well and because I used to work at the importer's, was very cheap. Are you detecting a theme yet?
I have a set of period Manitous that used to be fitted but since this bike is mostly used on forestry fire roads and farm tracks the original rigid forks work just fine.