Re: [CR] KOF F/S 55cm Della Santa newvex lugs

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:43:21 -0700
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: cr list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
In-Reply-To: <a481cfe0071df3f06e2ca9b9adcb1d04@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] KOF F/S 55cm Della Santa newvex lugs


I think an extended headtube makes perfect sense on a touring bike as it obviously lets one raise the bars higher without using an extra-long stem quill. To me any little touch on a touring bike which is a thoughtful enhancement of function is elegant and beautiful. I think it was Rivendell that popularized the extended headtube, or at least repopularized it and made many American cyclists aware of it.

I was surprised at the extended headtube on the Della Santa recently on eBay only because I had never seen a Della Santa touring frame before. But it makes perfect sense on this frame, just as DO eyelets and seatstay bosses for a rack do.

Regards,

Jerry Moos


--- On Sat, 8/29/09, Phil Brown wrote:


> From: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] KOF F/S 55cm Della Santa newvex lugs

\r?\n> To: "cr list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 7:06 PM

\r?\n>

\r?\n> On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Mark Stonich wrote:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > It's all a mater of perspective.  To those of us

\r?\n> with short limbs, long torsos and bad backs, for whom

\r?\n> Technomics are barely tall enough, those lugs are

\r?\n> beautiful.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Mark, nobody fits those specs more than I-I'm 6'3" but wear

\r?\n> 32" inseam pants. I have a very long torso, a very sore

\r?\n> back,  my personal bikes measure 61x61 and yet I don't

\r?\n> have to resort to the extended head tube. Yes, I don't have

\r?\n> a lot of clearance over the top tube but the family jewels

\r?\n> are still alive and kicking.

\r?\n> So the extended head tube isn't really necessary but has

\r?\n> become, in my mind, like much of cycling, a fashion

\r?\n> statement. Don't get me wrong, one look at my bikes will

\r?\n> tell you that I'm a slave to my own fashion sense but I

\r?\n> still don't like the extended hear tube.

\r?\n> I would certainly prefer that the new extended head tube

\r?\n> lugs were made in such a way that the extension could be cut

\r?\n> off but they aren't.

\r?\n> Phil Brown

\r?\n> Off the soapbox in Oakland, Calif.