Prophet advice please

Morning chaps

I’m in need some advice about Prophet front mechs.

I recently bought an old prophet frame off eBay. It was pretty neglected state including a seized shock but bringing it back to life was surprisingly pleasurable.

However in my excitement I hadn’t noticed that there was no BB extension plate for the e-type mech.

I tried to fit an old bottom pull mech of a Jekyll but it fouls the middle ring no matter how high up on the seat tube I fit it.

Is it possible to fit a seat clamp front mech or do I have to hunt down a BB plate?

Any real world advice gratefully received.

I found e-types unreliable (long term), so moved to a SLX top swing mech for my Prophet, it definitely fits & works with my XT triple set. Still not as good/reliable as a conventional mech (IMO), but they won’t fit.

Most mech’s are now dual pull (top or bottom), so telling us it a bottom pull doesn’t actually tell us if your old mech’s “top swing” or “conventional” (which as said, won’t fit)

Cheers z1ppy. Either way it definitely won’t work so I’ll need a new mech (or new knees if I keep riding it in 1×9 mode!)

Do you know the product code for your SLX mech, or is there only one.

Can’t remember which I bought, whatever 9 speed SLX was a couple of years back, but any “top swing” should work, such as XT M770 on CRC (other shops are available)

PS: Just replaced my 1×10 for 2×10, as my knee’s definitely didn’t like “1x” (different bike)

Ok, I will have a morning online hunt to see what I can get my hands on. That’s for your quick advice.

Everything Zippy said.
I put a top swing double specific SLX on mine – much better than E type. It’s supposedly for ten speed too, works fine with my 9 speed set up.

I have an slx one you can have cheap.It’s like brand new but doesn’t fit my new frame. 😉
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