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Mercian do the rasied headtubes, I have an extra 1cm on my 61cm custom one, personal taste really, mines not as high as that, just an extra 1cm. I think its looks better with an aheadset as my stem just sits on one of the icklist type of spacer rather than a stack. I agree it looks a bit Mr Tefal though.

My Roberts has a pretty big one too - chas explained what it was for, but I can't remember why it was better than a stack of spacers. Looks a bit uncool when the frame is bare, but the alternative would a load of spacers anyway.