The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

Are you still riding that Roberts?

What's up with Roberts building the HT so high above the TT? He done that on mine even though he could've pushed the TT up at least 1cm more (my nuts would've been safe) so just wondering if it's something new going on or any specific reason..

There is - less spacer (which is redundant since every Roberts I've seen is enough to have an entry in Spacer Porn).

On a touring bicycle, even with the bottom bracket very low, and enough standover height, you'd want plenty enough to comfortably mount/unmount the bicycle without difficulties when fully laden.

I asked to make sure that my HT is long enough to only show a little bit of stem (quill), which I liked and leave enough room to increase the height a tad.