I can't see it being an issue unless you overtighten - the hole is only on one side and reasonably small/inboard.
I've got the bars/ends - not sure I'd like to ride them in anger as the fixing must put strain on the hole.
So the disc tab looks the same as mine now I'm looking at the pics on a monitor and not my phone. Looks like a Hope headset in there, which is good - and should do you well.
Original paint would have been sprayed, and there was also a nickel finish. The 1997 catalogue is linked below...
I believe 807 would be July 98. Forward facing seat clamp (see the slit) makes it after 97ish when they swapped from rear facing.
Rear disc mount looks slightly different to mine (a 97) but still similar so may well be original. I’ll have a look tonight
Thanks Dom. I got in touch with the guy from St Helens over the weekend but it’s flat blue rather than the patterned finish. Was all excited.
I will find one!!
Flat end cap means zaskar right?
Judy SL, Mavic ceramics, club roost bar and what looks like a syncros post
£75. Not mine. I’d have got it already but just don’t need it
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