Rambo Mambo
Kona Fan
They’re 1” in a frame which has a 1 1/8” head tube so I’m having to use steerer shims. Is a pain to find a good shim to be honest. If I could just run a different fork I would.
Caroline Alexander’s Klein “Pulse” - Attitude by a different name? Racing History, no less.
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baron von greenback
Old School Hero
That's give me something to think changing forks is that what Caroline ran so you had to
Rambo Mambo
Kona Fan
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Black_puma
GT Fan
I guess owning and collecting retro bikes comes with a necessity to tinker, upgrade and replacing parts as time goes on, because without that element we'd get bored of it!We're a funny lot aren't we!
Rambo Mambo
Kona Fan
Hi all,
We’ve made a little more progress in the way of wheels. Picked them up today and I must say that I like them. Not much wear to the rims and the hubs are in very good condition. All in all, success.
The elusive front brake cable stop was lost coming from the US but a member on here stepped in and sorted me out as he has the same fork but runs linear brakes. That too came from the US but part of a bigger box of stuff so UPS had my back.
More to come as the news breaks.
It’s looking decent!
We’ve made a little more progress in the way of wheels. Picked them up today and I must say that I like them. Not much wear to the rims and the hubs are in very good condition. All in all, success.
The elusive front brake cable stop was lost coming from the US but a member on here stepped in and sorted me out as he has the same fork but runs linear brakes. That too came from the US but part of a bigger box of stuff so UPS had my back.
More to come as the news breaks.
It’s looking decent!
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Rambo Mambo
Kona Fan
ChromeChainstay
Senior Retro Guru
nice wheels imo
Love this build. Going to be so good when done!
Only issue I have is Caroline’s bike had mark 1 and 2 Vector forks with the integrated stem rather than the mark 3s with the steerer clamp. She started off with the steel stem mark ones, then moved on to the alloy stem mark 2s. She certainly used the mark 3 and the later carbon ones, just not on this bike
The joy with the mark ones is that it brings the bars down a good inch or two and you don’t have a huge amount of steerer showing above the head tube. The downside is finding the buggers.
Only issue I have is Caroline’s bike had mark 1 and 2 Vector forks with the integrated stem rather than the mark 3s with the steerer clamp. She started off with the steel stem mark ones, then moved on to the alloy stem mark 2s. She certainly used the mark 3 and the later carbon ones, just not on this bike
The joy with the mark ones is that it brings the bars down a good inch or two and you don’t have a huge amount of steerer showing above the head tube. The downside is finding the buggers.
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ChromeChainstay
Senior Retro Guru
show us the pic when you present and give her the bike 
ChromeChainstay
Senior Retro Guru
so true. when ridden bikes wear out and some builds are just to look at. horses for coursesI guess owning and collecting retro bikes comes with a necessity to tinker, upgrade and replacing parts as time goes on, because without that element we'd get bored of it!
