Pearl stems can be bought at:
http://www.jitensha.com/
They also have Honju fenders and other neat stuff.
As for the Cyclone, the Vx may have worked as well, but the original Cyclone and Superbe sure were pretty, and still a fraction of Campy price. Didn't care much for the look of the later aero versions, though.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Hoston, TX
Warren & Elizabeth <warbetty@sympatico.ca> wrote: It seems that more and more people are coming out of the closet with their lust for good Japanese parts. Those SR 2 bolt posts came in a Deluxe and a Royale...they were nearly identical except the Royale looked like someone took a high speed polisher and compound and smoothed out all of the parts. Beautiful. I have a near NOS (take-off) in a 27 mm...I would love to trade for same in a 27.2.
Any of the Grande Compe brakes were great stoppers and not bad looking. The one part I haven't seen on the wish lists are the Nitto Pearl Stems...hmmmm.
If we were going to make a best value 70's bike however, there was no need to spend the money on the Cyclone when a VX worked just as well. Hell it would be hard to build up any Suntour/Diacompe/Nitto/SR bike that was not good value.
Warren Young
Toronto