Essentially, yes, and its lighter, too. My 1984 Trek 610 came with that HS, too. BTW, I always thought my Trek was on-topic.
If your Tange fork is chrome, it is not likely to be the original fork.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Leonard Diamond <
leonarddiamond@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello All!
>
>
>
> Spent this evening listening to the Mets get routed while taking apart my
> wife's 1984 Trek 620. Even though it misses the cutoff by one year, it is
> a
> steel lugged frame with traditional non indexed components and squeaks in
> as
> KOF.
>
>
>
> The original specs from the vintage Trek website are at:
>
> http://www.vintage-trek.com/
>
>
>
> It has a Reynolds sticker on it saying it is made of "butted 531 frame
> tubes". The dropouts are Suntour and the fork is clearly marked on the
> steerer tube "Tange.3.J.R".
>
>
>
> The headset is to me a curious affair. The specs call for a Stronglight
> B10
> Black delrin headset. The threaded race and lower race seem to have metal
> cores embedded in plastic. It uses angular roller bearings in plastic
> races
> and the upper pressed race bearing surface is covered with a loose washer
> to
> provide a flat surface for the bearings. Is this just a cheaper version of
> the A9 headset?
>
>
>
> Len Diamond
>
> Ridgewood, New Jersey USA
>
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Ann Arbor, MI USA