Since you mention spacers, Velo-Orange has some nice knurled 5 and 10mm headset spacers. They might be right for some on-topic restorations or KOF celebrations.
Harry Travis Pine Barrens of NJ USA
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Anthony Taylor <ajft1942@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I recently bought a Tange "Levin" headset for a frame that had originally
> had a Campagnolo unit. I had to install 3 spacers under the lock nut. The
> headset is very nicely finished, and is very cost effective. I got it from
> Harris Cyclery.
>
> Tony Taylor
> Manchester, NH
>
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> *From:* Harry Travis <travis.harry@gmail.com>
> *To:* MNF <emeneff@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> *Sent:* Tue, January 4, 2011 7:52:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [CR] Short stack headsets
>
> Sutherlands lists the Tange Passage with a stack height of just 30.6mm.
> Not
> only does the Tange web page list even more headsets than found in
> Sutherlands, but there are on-line retailers which offer a selection of
> them. They're real.
>
> Of course priority should go to your local bricks and mortar bike store.
> Considering the number of shops that can operate today with NO threaded
> headsets on hand, the ones with some would be glad to liquidate
> seldom-requested inventory.
>
> PS Velo-Orange's headsets are all rather tall.
>
> Harry Travis
> Pine Barrens of NJ
> USA
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:35 PM, MNF <emeneff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Euro-Asia Imports has a headset made under the "Star" brand that was VERY
> > short compared to the standard 35-40mm stack heights of the "standard"
> > Campy-Shimeeno road models. Not absolutely sure if they still make a
> > threaded version, but I think they did.
> >
> > Not on-topic, but this might do the trick to SAVE an on-topic frame with
> a
> > too-short fork.
> >
> > As a last resort I have shaved a coupla millimeters off of the headtube
> and
> > fork crown race seat. Not what I would have wanted to do at all, but
> > sometimes you have to do what you have to do in order to get someone's
> > franken-bike together.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike Fabian
> > San Francisco, CA
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