John's picture, as explained his his post of January 25, 2006:
http://search.bikelist.org/
is of a Levin race with campy cup + bearings. And notes the gap that ensues. It is not a picture of a complete Levin lower headset. Unless I'm misunderstanding the original post.
The Levin I have doesn't show such a significant gap, either.
Jeremy Rauch NY, NY
On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Galen wrote:
> Don and all,
>
> Thanks for posting the photo--its hard to argue with the facts. I'm
> not sure if yours is representative of all Tange headsets,
> however. The fit between crown race and cup on the Tange Levin
> headset that I have looks like the Campy headset you showed. Are
> you sure that the Tange parts were originally mated, or did they
> come from separate batches?
>
> Galen Poole
> Jackson, MS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Gillies"
> <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]The Myth of the Tange Levin Headset
>
>
>> My point was that the Tange Levin may be nicely made, but it appears
>> to be the all-time winner as "most unsealed" headset in history. In
>> the picture depicted by John Thompson, almost 50% of each ball
>> bearing
>> is visible from below the headset.
>>
>> http://www.os2.dhs.org/
>>
>> This is a recipe for early failure. If you use this headset, it
>> seems
>> that fenders would be an "absolute must", OR, you could use a campy
>> crown race together with the levin headset - exactly the OPPOSITE of
>> what people have been asking about in this forum.
>>
>> - Don Gillies
>> San Diego, CA