On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 17:36 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Rocky B wrote: > > > > > Great-looking bike. Can't wait to see the final version. > > > > Is it me or does lugged frames with threadless stems look weird? I > > can never get used to them together. > > They looked fine when Alex Singer and Rene Herse did them 50 years > ago. And Tom Ritchey did them in the 1970s, too. I think the issue > is that the modern threadless stem tends to have a big fat tube > instead of an elegant looking tube for the extension.
It doesn't have to be that way: http://www.businesscycles.com/graphics/tstem-nitto_tless.jpg http://www.businesscycles.com/graphics/tstem-nitto_tless3.jpg I'd call that "elegant" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
