Frankly, i'm a surprised that this topic has brought up so many
arguments on both sides.  I always thought that 1" threaded headsets
and quill stems were a Rivendell "thing," as integral to the identity
of the bikes as steel and lugs (excepting the Legolas, of course). I
wouldn't ask GP to change that. I'm cool with that and appreciate the
bikes for other reasons, and I know that if i ever own one it'll
probably have a threaded headset.

I'm firmly in the threadless camp (3 bikes, all threadless, 2 even
with the "illusive" 1" threadless!  no, headsets are not impossible to
find, and most stems come with a shim to make it work), but i'll
readily admit that my preference is mostly psychosomatic*.  I'm a big
guy, mostly ride fixed gear, and i like the idea of wrenching on a bar/
stem that's firmly clamped to the outside of a circular steel steerer
tube more than one that is literally wedged into place.

I do think the "threadless stems make it harder to fine-tune the
height adjustment" thing isn't as true as many make it out to be.
Yes, you'll probably want to cut the steerer tube if there's excessive
length above the stem and yes, you have to take the headset out of
adjustment to adjust the height of the stem, but they make headset
spacers down to 1mm and I doubt that any of you really adjust your
stem in increments of less than a millimeter.  An advantage of
threadless is that you always know by how much you're raising or
lowering your bars- no measuring required!

*It does help to have Jobst reinforcing my preference:
http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/threadless-headset.html
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