Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
Hi, again nice bike. I wish I had paid more attention to this thread after my initial comment. I love all the unique touches on the frame. the square bridges, the cut seatlug. other than the 'trademark' of a particular builder does it do anything structrual? it appears (pardon me if this has been covered) as though it can grip the seatpillar tighter with less stress on the frame overall.
It think you are correct on that. I would think that a) clamping force is spread more evenly and b) the area around the very rigid clamping bit won't suffer as much from deformation or hairy cracks (in metal or paint)
is the knurled spacer on the headset 'keyed'? it looks like you could grasp it with a pair of soft jawed pliers (like cannonplug pliers) to aid in adjusting.
The spacers serves as spacer only.