kurt - but there IS an option. several... use old components on your new frame. have a new frame made with pre 90s lugs. use lotsa hs spacers. invert your stem so it points up.
btw - this isn't about aheadset compatibility. it's about HEADSET compatibility. they're all low stack now.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct
Chuck,
I concur. Those extended head lugs are heinous from an aesthetic viewpoint. Fugly might even apply. Otherwise, the Newvex lugset is awesome. Too bad there isn't an option of a old-style upper head lug for us retro-grouches, there's really no significant advantage to the extended head lug other than aheadset compatibility (a questionable benefit in itself) that I can see...
Yours Crumudgeonly, Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote: <snip> I just can't get used to the vertically extended upper head lug. Is the reality today, that customers... older guys and iBobs... demand an extended head lug because they can't bend over that far anymore????????????????????????? </snip>