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Friend of mine swears by Conti Double fighters.

Ergotec Moon or Lady Town 31,8 or 25,4 might be your best bet then. Not as wide as marys but really cheap.
I actually really like the look of the Lady Town 31,8.

Man, I didn't realize that they'd raised the price on marys. I think I paid less than 10£ when I bought mine.
I wouldn't give them up though. They just fit my daily ride perfectly.

Get an Intec M1 instead. They come with either canti studs or disc brake mounts all the way down to a size 42.

Do you have any pictures of your setup?
I have a pair of Mary bars on my Genesis, but when I tried mounting bar ends I couldn't get them to play nice with the bend in the bar.

Agreed. Properly setup, length of cable probably won't matter.
But each added component is another possible point of failure.
And tolerances and efficiency in mechanical systems multiply instead of adding, so theoretically, if you have single set of pulleys with an efficiency of say 0,7, by adding another set of pulleys with 0,7 efficiency you end of with a total efficiency for the system around 0,49.

I'm not saying it can't be done. With all the special editions King puts out, I'd be suprised if they hadn't learned how to compensate for different alloys in the proces.
BUT exposure to UV light will break down or fade the colours embedded in the anodizing proces over time and the colour might deteriorate differently in different alloys.

Yeah, hub looks to be more blueish than the headset.
Probably because they use different alloys for hubs and headsets.

I wonder how it feels with miles of cables through what must be an alarming amount of pulleys to get it from the steerer to the front wheel.
It seems like they forgot the first part of the Colin Chapman proverb "simply and add lightness."

I don't get it..?

If I ever get to run a bicycle company. My first model will be named "Mons Klint".
The rest will also be named for awesome sounding anglified Danish place names :D

If I were you, I'd get something like a 40/28 mtb double crankset.

Yaij! Segmented forks!

He's asking about compatibility between derailleurs and shifters.
The article is about the compatibility between cassettes, which I thought was pretty well known.

There's some Srampagnolo and Shimergo setups out there, but I think it's usually 8- or 9-speed stuff.

There's just something about a 90 degree tig'ed stem that works for me.
Good looking work!

I have a Topeak midloader. It's pretty basic and I wouldn't count on it to keep water out for long. But it's a pretty solid bit of kit.

^^ One of the reasons I bought one.

It's 650b-able too.

I can tell you, the finish is really nice. Fork is a proper porker at around 1300g uncut, but AC is 410mm, so you might be able find a lighter replacement.
I'm just waiting for funds from my summer job, before I can get it built up.

I just bought a 26" touring frameset from Intec in Germany.
It has at least 70mm clearance and the wheelbase is shorter than my Vagabond, so even if it's completely #untukt it should feel more nippy.
Not to mention the lighter wheels and tires.
#26isjustgettingstarted

My GF has one on her commuter/tourer. It works really well.
If I didn't already have a commuter rack, that's what I would get.

@Snuggah - I have no idea about their delivery time. I bought locally here in Denmark.
Have you tried writing their customer service? I remember them getting back to me pretty quickly through facebook.

The Pelago Commuter front rack comes with mounting plates for axle and brake hole.
It's a seriously good bit of kit.
For even more functionality you might want to check out their "Rasket" as well.

Fork looks like a "Spork" from Rodeo Labs.

My thought excactly.
Wouldn't want a surrealist plumber to work for me though.

Or put on a logo that says: "This is not a logo"

Nah, his work is impressive, but it doesn't really do it for me.