Bill, like you I have a box of old parts, but I am old and the pile is starting to dwindle. If I don't have the right stem I can go get on the internet, ebay or whatevewhatever. The problem is I have a box of 20+ 1 1/8" stems that I could cull from for just about any other build I do! So, it's a bit annoying to go back to the well for a stem when could've just pulled one from the wood pile. True, if your Jones truss fork goes down, you will need to get one built OR you could just replace it with a fork you have around if the steerer is long enough. Point is the Jones forks use a rather mundane 1 1/8" threadless steerer, a 1" steerer is getting to the point of being proprietary.
Another log on the fire & it's all for naught, because no one here is racing; regarding disc brakes; although they are heavier, (as some have pointed out) the rim can be lighter and that weight is shifted to the hub area where it has less effect on acceleration & deceleration. Additionally, the mechanism is low on the frame & fork which lowers the center of gravity. Not taking sides one whether one is better then the other technically, but I no longer avoid disc brakes as I once did & I have disc brake bikes that are 10 years old, they are far beyond a new fangled contrivance. Lastly, any future advancements will be in disc brakes (not Cantis, caliper or V brakes) which will only solidify their ubiquitousness. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
