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Heldring
A one inch steerer is a bit tricky when it comes to stem choice. If you want to go A-head, the best option is to use a shim and then a modern 1-1/8” stem and bar. There are vanishingly few proper 1” stems still floating around and most of them are like 150mm long! However, I was lucky enough to pick up a 100mm syntace force 808 from on here for a good price. This is a beautiful 1” steel stem which means I can retain the svelte lines of the frame.
The seatpost is a USE alien carbon job.. not the first choice for this build - but A) I have it spare, B) it’s lightweight (149g) C) and it seems to fit the 27.0 frame (oddly, as it’s a 27.2mm post supposedly).
I need to source some 26.0mm compact bars and just missed the M106 ones at Planet X.. so I think the Piega RHM are the next best option. The Soma HWY1s are twice the price and have a somewhat foreshortened length in the drop
I also have some Dura Ace downtube shifters which are very light and considerably cheaper than the stratospheric price of STIs these days!