Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
In all seriousness, just to say "a well-fitting bike doesn't have any headset spacers" is ridiculous because you can achieve the exact same fit with a horizontal stem and spacers, or with an up-angled stem and no spacers. If their contention is that the right frame size would lead to a correct fit with a more-or-less horizontal stem and no spacers, well maybe but you're still at the mercy of what the frame makers are putting out.
Exactly. And what's the problem with headset spacers? And why is an extended headtube better than headset spacers? And am I the only one who thinks tall head tubes generally look hideous?