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One of the last pieces of the jigsaw I need to build my Vit T2. 1” steerer, preferably 120mm reach but 135mm okay. As the frame is NOS and there’s lots of NOS parts for the build I’d like the stem to be as minty fresh as possible. Anyone have one they’ll part with?

@retroJIM A very very long shot but still for sale?

Re: My early '94 Prestige came with Specialized Cannibal tyres front and rear direct from Orange. Replaced them with Smoke/Dart combo

Re: Help!! Is this an Orange?? Old Orange's were a nightmare....my E2 was a 1" head set, but so too was my E3 - when the E2 cracked my Pace RC-35s went straight onto the E3 without any conversion. Some E3s had a canti hanger on the wish bone seat stay whilst others had a noodle around the top...

Re: Help!! Is this an Orange?? My E2 had a bridge, I remember because one of the first things I noticed about my E3 when it arrived was the of bridge. The welding on my E2 was rubbish, which is why it cracked. The welds on the E3 were more like 'fish scales' compated to the E2. I reckon it's...

Re: Help!! Is this an Orange?? As an addendum, I didn't have my E2 for long. It failed pretty soon after getting it. Got my E2 in '95 and was replaced with an E3 the same year. Not many made and most failed from memory!

Re: Help!! Is this an Orange?? It's an E2! I had a metallic black one in '95 that replaced my stolen '94 Prestige. The tubes were slimmed down from the Elite, welds were 'chunky/blobby' compared to the E3. The drop outs and chain stays are consistent with the E2 as the E3 had 'S' shaped chain...

I'd love to go nuts and buy everything up and as tempting as the XTR shifter lever combo is I can only afford one part per month at a push and next on my list will probably be the '95 XTR crank arms and rings in 170mm or Middleburn RS2s - whichever turns up first ...or I may win the lottery and...

I've just pulled the trigger on this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290896441920? ... 1439.l2649 I've pondered too long on other bike things before and lost out so the trigger finger was quite itchy this time! Just the rest of the M900 compenents to get now :D Except for possibly pedals - I've...

Aye, the 27 and the 26.6 are there on fleaBay but both the wrong size for my frame and too much wonga! I'll keep searching, no rush...not allowed the frame until December anyway....it's my 40th birthday prezzie! Just didn't want to waste my time looking for something that didn't exist. :wink...

Cheers fella....I'll continue my search! It's currently the only retro build I'll ever do so I don't mind paying the 'little extra' for the XTR post However, I'll no doubt get bitten by the retro bug and want to build more! :D

I'm currently collecting bits n bobs towards my Vit T2 build and I would really like an M900(ish) seat post. Are they available in 27.2 and silver? I've seen a silver 27.0 and black 26.8 on fleaBay....for mega bucks! 27.2 is a pretty common size for seat post isn't it?! Cheers

Those blue balls used to belong to me! Sold them to the fella for £27 last year :oops:

I'm after two axle/dropout spacers with the serrated grippers for Hope's old Ti suspension hub (circa '95/96) - the standard beefy hub not the huge Fatso one. From memory there were two styles - simple one with a grub screw to nip the axle or push on with o-ring that had a wide end to cover the...

Gorgeous! I've promised myself another Cooper sometime. Mine was British racing green with white roof and stripes. I fancy an ox blood red with black roof sometime, but with two kids under 5 years of age, it's hard enough getting in to the man cave to work on a push bike! Had to sell mine as I...