Originally Posted by
auchencrow
Yes it's all chrome. I haven't measured the TT, but now that you mention it, I suspect that you are right - that it's before they went to proportional sizing. (At 24-1/2", it's not exactly what I would call "huge" though!

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The
25" 1986 Traveler I recently acquired seems to have a shorter head tube. In fact, every time I look at it, it doesn't seem all that big. I dunno if all the sizes use the 72.5 ST/HT angles quoted in the catalog, but maybe those "slack" angles are to blame.