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The ill-fitting "tarck" bike complete with "One Less Car" top tube pad and headtube-mounted beverage cozy:

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Also, I know what you're wondering, and the answer is, "Yes, the headtube on that Seven is massive:"

Breaking the Duck: Coming to Terms with Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2010

See, "Back in the Day," decals generally resided more or less mid-downtube though closer to the headtube and between the water bottle mounts and the shifter bosses:

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And the single logo way up by the headtube employed here by Geekhouse, the American Apparel of boutique bike builders:

Selling the Sizzle: Brandings Both Real and Adhesive BikeSnobNYC 2010

In the last few years they've been focussing on the bottom bracket and headtube, but for 2011 it looks like they're going back to the handlebar.

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Once it was free, the first thing I noticed was that the headset cups had been pressed in at a decidedly jaunty angle either that or the headtube was misshapen, both top:

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Did the "sailor" have a keffiyeh wraped around his headtube?

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Also, for the person who is as enthusiastic about home improvement as he or she is about cycling, the Madone headtube plaque makes a great grout float.

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However, I was worried that the headtube or the cups might not survive, and so instead I simply adjusted the headset and reassembled it.

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The ill-fitting "tarck" bike complete with "One Less Car" top tube pad and headtube-mounted beverage cozy:

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