I have one of those black ones. Probably will buy some roller bear kits to keep them alive for a long time. Velo Orange actually has a pretty good selection of threaded headsets from Tange and itself. It has a wholesale business now and Box Dog Cycles, for example, sells stuff from VO.
Franklyn On Dec 15, 8:44 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > No, those have been discontinued, too. Some black ones are still > floating around. > > On Dec 15, 10:42 am, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > Jim: > > > Thanks for the heads-up. Do you have the Stronglight A-9 in silver that was > > mentioned in the earlier discussion? > > > Doug Peterson > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha > > Cyclery > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:15 AM > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Subject: [RBW] threaded headsets > > > This was briefly mentioned before, but I thought I'd put it up here > > again. I just noticed that QBP again lists all Shimano headsets as > > "discontinued". Rivendell doesn't list any on their web page. I was > > unable to find any headsets of any kind on the Shimano web page. I've > > called several major wholesalers, and they don't have any either. > > There are some other brands of threaded headsets still available > > (Ritchey, Tange, Chris King, and a couple others), but they tend to be > > either super cheap or super expensive. The Shimano models had a lot of > > quality for a reasonable price, and it's sad to see them go away, as > > it seems they have. > > > Anyway, for those of us who are in favor of threaded headsets, and the > > Shimano models in particular, now may be the time to obtain a lifetime > > supply. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
