Quill stems allow for far easier (and far more) bar height adjustment, which is why I prefer them. I also prefer threaded headsets because I can remove the bar & stem from my bike and not have the fork fall out onto the floor. Threadless headsets were invented by an industry that was lazy and wanted to make more money (by only having to stock a single fork/steerer combo), and were a solution in search of a problem...especially at the beginning. Sure, now they allow things like CF steerer tubes, but there's no way in hell I'd run one of them, either.
Just my $.02 Pete On Jun 7, 5:20 pm, tarik saleh <tariksa...@gmail.com> wrote: > THis is a pretty funny conversation all out. I think the big > difference (for me) is between using quill stems and freewheel hubs on > brand new bikes. I don't get it at all. Even worse (to me) is > speccing quills and freewheel hubs on a new bike. Outside of this, I > get it, have fun riding. Inside of this, I don't get it, but have fun > riding. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read. > > Tarik > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 13:29 -0700, james black wrote: > > >> I see the freewheel system as analogous to the quill stem - > >> technological improvements have supplanted it in the mainstream > >> market, but not rendered it worthless or any less useful than it was > >> 20 years ago. > > > Except that with stems it's quill length and diameter, extension and bar > > diameter that matter, and as long as those remain available in sizes you > > need, you're good to go; but with freewheels, it's threading and gear > > choices. If you need English threading, you're good in that respect -- > > but most of the gearing choices are long gone. The cog board is gone. > > What you have today is very, very limited. > > > If gearing choices don't matter to you, fine; and if you happen to be a > > real genuine fan of 14-28 Alpine, then God bless you - some long > > winter's evening maybe you can explain to me how the shifting pattern > > works, and who knows, long about the 4th or 5th hot toddy I might > > actually get it. Otherwise, you are so out of luck. > > > But if you aren't a gear freak, and this isn't the Classic Rendezvous > > list where Period Correct is God, why are you messing around with > > freewheels? "Bottom feeding"? > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Tarik Saleh > tas at tariksaleh dot com > in los alamos, po box 208, 87544http://tariksaleh.com > all sorts of bikes blog:http://tsaleh.blogspot.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
