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taken a compromise way out. I've managed to get some replacement headset bits from in here, and have got a slightly later P2 fork off flea bay. Will leave the original fork as-is and have the new one modded to aheadset and then put it on the bike for day-to-day use keeping the pukka stuff...

try your nearest frame builder

Fair comment, but the last thing I need is sharp steering when carrying the shopping or towing my trailer! As it happens though the aheadset stems I can to use, from my box of bits, are either 110mm, 100mm or 80mm

slowing the steering won't be a problem, the bike is used as a ss cruiser style all round shop/pub/hack bike.

anyone?

Top news. A fortunate ebay purchase. It will go to dave yates to be converted to an ahead steerer so I can then upgrade my '93 kilauea without messing with the original fork. 778 gms and no lawyer tabs either.

...does anyone have the low down? The one on my desk is battleship grey two Kona Project 2 stickers in orangey/red (Kona) and silver (Project 2) on a light blue field with black outlines 410mm from crown to axle centre has 123F670E and CM/TB stamped on the stem has a 1 1/8th threaded...

poolio, if your need is greater than my want I am happy to step back for you to close the deal faster than me

Well, they are the right vintage, the right travel, so I'm sorely tempted. Can you give my until the end of the week? (I've got some stuff selling on eBay which could fund this purchase; such is the deal with SWMBO)

Doh! and Double Doh! I got the subject wrong! Nope I need a seat tube expanded by .2mm. The back story; '93 Kona Kilaeua, modern 27.0 fits fine but my nice retro syncros 27.2 doesn't and nor do any modern 27.2's. Given Kona used the same tubesets with different reamings going 27.2 makes my...

West Sussex, Hants borders, South Surrey or Brighton innit? Thanks in advance EDIT: to correct subject... Doh!

Re: impact headset If the lower race is pitted and Mr old skool does not therefore want it I'll go second dibs on the headset.

Which may be both our good fortunes! Can you confirm travel on these forks please -and- Is that steerer in a 1" bore in the fork crown or a 1" steerer in a 1 1/8" fork crown bore? 'scuse my ignorance....

'93 Kilauea in ss guise as completed this last week. An off-on project of some three years maturation! I bought her as a f&f with incomplete headset, both the mechs and canti brakes fitted. Basically she is my 'shopping/pub/gym' bike, my antidote to using a car around the small town I live...

Having sat, in bits, in the shed since the headset packed up early last year, I've finally finished putting her back together and back on the road. just got back in from a shakedown ride. Cannot stop grinning. She needs tassles on the bar ends and a large 'I <3 my bike' bell on the bars...

Gripnut looks like it is the way to go if I leave the stock fork as is. Only problem is no one in the UK stocks them and the UK distributor doesn't even list them on their website. Which is pretty typical here in blighty.

That list was (near) useless. They are/were all obsolete and impossible to find unless you get lucky and find NoS. Hence I went with a second hand Impact. GripNut from Chris King will do it I'm told as the lock nut doesn't screw on to the steerer but on to a shim thing.

This was me back when I got the bike, hence my thinking 33mm x 1 1/8" was my game....

I'm assuming the ahead P2's will be suspension corrected which I don't want..... :( Fairly sure it is 33mm. Only Shimano I know fits is NOS XTR and about as common as new impacts.

By my reckoning it is 33mm. £70 for the conversion btw