Anyone who has had to deal with a seriously stuck stem (or seatpost for that matter) will not soon forget the ordeal. The ones that, as Jobst would say "require machining" are particularly memorable. It will make one very generous with the grease!
One advantage of threadless forks, from a manufacturing and commercial point of view, is the fact that you only need to make one fork to fit a whole size run of frames. This makes things much easier and significantly less expensive. It would be pretty easy for Grant to order some threadless forks for, say, AHH owners who might want to buy one. I am not saying I think he should, and I do understand why he does not, but it's not like it would be a big deal to do it. It is also not likely to be a big money maker for someone like Rivendell. I do not expect it to happen, and it makes no difference in my opinion of Riv. The way these things go, I expect that at some point there will be some decent chromoly forks with 1" threadless steer tubes readily available for a good price. There are millions of frames out there that they could be used on. At some point the 9/8" threadless fork will become the ubiquitous standard, and people will think they are normal on road bikes. At that point, a 7/8" diameter quill on a bike stem will look delicate and quaint to most cyclists. Not exactly apocalyptic. Again, for me, it's more about stiffness than anything else, and there is no rational denying that the threadless design is stiffer. On Dec 24, 9:59 am, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *It does help to have Jobst reinforcing my preference: > >http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/threadless-headset.html > > Huh. So The Great Jobst *does* think that the better connection between stem > and steerer is practically beneficial both for maintenance and for feel. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
