On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:41 PM, jim g <yoj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 23, 12:15 pm, "David Faller" <dfal...@charter.net> wrote: >> Exactly! Talk about drinking the Kool Aid; the consumers all bought into >> the "differences as improvements", when, in fact, the differences are only >> differences. Most threadless stems are just ugly. I suppose some are a >> tad lighter, but this was never the reason for the new design. And what's >> all this about threadless being somehow stronger? Any of you snapped off a >> steerer at the stem lately? >> > > This one's certainly not ugly... > > http://flickr.com/photos/t2architect/3128394163/in/set-72157610331529941/ > > And, FWIW, threadless stems (read: non-quill stems that clamp onto the > fork steerer) go back to the classic French constructeur bikes of the > 40s/50s -- it's not a new concept. E.G. this 1947 Alex Singer: > > http://reneherse.com/images/DSC_00463.JPG > http://reneherse.com/images/DSC_00166.JPG > > -Jim G
And doesn't velo-orange offer something to go in between these: http://www.velo-orange.com/vothstad.html and then combine that with either the nitto or the VO silver/lugged threadless stem? -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
