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Can I have 31 & 71? Also let me know your payment details, please.

^^ love the splash paint job on the frame. excellent!

thumbs up man! nice to see a different kind of project

pink gt

The pink panther was the reason I signed up to this forum. Ace paintjob & build

do keep up.

+1

but awesomeness nevertheless

this is gonna be a beaut Ed, a real head turner and all that!

I shamelessly want to replicate Scotts (BRP) v1 gangsta set-up (which was clearly stolen from scoble)

Well they sometimes pop up on Marktplaats (dutch), so I sent a quick email and got these for 60 euro's including shipping costs. But I think they normally go for a bit more, I think around 100 euro's for the 1 inch version and a bit more for the 1 1/8 version.

Yeah sounds about right (overpriced of course) but about right.
The major problem is getting hold of the 1 1/8'' ones. If you happen to see some on Marktplaats give me a heads up please!

Excuse the shitty phone picture, finally got a pair for a normal price and I really like them :)!

what is a normal price these days? I got mine (1'') for 30€ a year or two ago and lost a 1 1/8'' pair that sold for 76€ on the 'bay recently cause the seller didn't open the auction to international bidders despite saying me would... i thought those would easily go for over 100€

^ This looks very promising, the best solution yet.
Yearly charging just adds to it.
I take it that you can use any seatpost as long as it's 27.2mm, 30mm or 31.6mm, right?
Will this be in the same price range as the TopCap tracker?

^ yes but no integralter

you're not the first one

well, go on then

yeah I got a thomson shim for the more comical effect of thomson branded steerer tube sticking through the stem clamp
ed:
and of course the converter being a quill allows you to extend/decrease the steerer length per your requirements

I require a picture!

Messy.

thats my second name

Is there a pic posted anywhere?

do what I did, cut the steerer above the headset, use a threaded to a-head converter that is 1 inch
deda makes them, cover the transition section with spacers, clamp the top with bars
easy

oh ok, hadn't though you chose that route. That means though that your forks become designated to those bars. Want to continue using 1 1/8" stem afterwards? either got to use a shim over the a-head converter or change forks.

If anyone has any comments/suggestions please share

I'd be surprised if the overall shape of the 1.125" alter is any different to the 1" alter, which would suggest that wall thickness/strength is good for 1.125" and over-engineered at 1".....
If that's correct, I'd take it as an invitation to ream the 1" alter or integralter to 1.125" if you want without too much concern for strength.
If you're not blessed with access to a toolmaker, this can be done pretty easily/accurately on a workbench/workmate with only 2 tools, an adjustable reamer and a tap wrench.

I couldn't find an adjustable reamer that goes from 1" - 1.125" on a quick glance, though I've no doubt such things exist.
The 2 below will take you from 15/16" (23.8mm) to 19/16" (30.2mm) so not only will they be good for this, but they'll also enable you to ream most common seat-tube sizes and remove seized posts too making you the envy of all your friends...
http://www.tracytools.com/straight-taper-reamers?product_id=561
http://www.tracytools.com/straight-taper-reamers?product_id=563
http://www.tracytools.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=42
basically you adjust the cut depth as you go and use the steerer tube as a size gauge.

Note: this is lightly educated conjecture rather than hard fact or experience, so don't come to me with your dentist bills if it fails

Thanks for the insight. I'm gonna look into this and ask around. I know this guy that tried this on an alter stem and ended up throwing it away. I have to find out some details though, this was a while back but I think he got rid of it due to personal error while milling.

yeah using it now

awesome gonna pm you some questions if that's cool

Lol. Not now pal. I said "I will". You'll know when the free ticket mode is on.

I was just bumping to raise awareness, help spread hope and dreams of owning this,
ultimately keeping people glued in front of the screen, ''dibs'' typed in, finger on the submit button waiting for you to post.

what is the fork?
is it carbon or ally?
its possible to do it with leaving bars alone with a cost of 5 quid, but its a bit of a faff - depending on how determined you are.

The forks I would use them with would be steel.

You tried it before? Know of anyone who has?

I'd hold off for a swap

Probably gonna do that

lulz

dibs

mill them out?

Yeah some guys on here suggested that, in another thread but it might ruin their structural integrity and basically I wouldn't want to find out that they didn't hold up the hard way.

I thought about it myself to be honest and can mill them out neatly, at least I think so, but dont't know if it's safe.

Has anyone here tried it?

Oh for fucks sake some one sell me some 1 1/8" integralters. Pleeeease!
Or we can trade for my 1''. :)