Additional fuel for the fire: nice alloy quill stems, like Nittos, will get marked up over time. So if you lower your high stem, then raise it back up some time later, the quill will probably have picked up some marks that will now show...
Doug On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Bill M. <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I don't think the 1 " vs. 1-1/8" question has been answered > adequately. 1-1/8" steerers are an accomodation for carbon steerers. > A 1" steel steerer is and has always been plenty strong, so 1-1/8" > would add needless weight to the frame and fork. There are 1" carbon > steerers out there, but I wouldn't ride one. > > The practical differences are that threadless is easier to set up (IMO > - referring to adjusting the HS), is probably lighter overall, allows > easier handlebar and stem extension swaps because threadless stems are > mostly front-loading, and will accomodate 26 mm or 31.6 mm handlebars > (with the appropriate stems). A threaded / quill stem setup allows > faster changes of handlebar height (within the limits of the stem, and > we're talking seconds vs. minutes, not hours), and 'classic' looks. > > I've got four bikes with threadless headsets and two with threaded and > I'd rather wrench on the threadless, but once rolling it doesn't > matter much. > > Bill > > On Aug 29, 11:01 am, Big Paulie <pauldgr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Can I go of on a tangent relative to the Roadeo? > > > > Not having a deep background in bikes, I'm wondering what the pratical > > differences are between the threaded and threadless options. > > > > And, why is the threadless option 1", rather than the more common 1 > > 1/8"? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
