Every way and place for bosses or stops has its plusses and minuses, so it ends up being a well-intentioned judgment call---what we do and where they go. For example (not to drag this out, but all the points were well-made)..
Threads aren't as helpfully innocuous as they seem to be when they're perfect, because sometimes they can be imperfect. The imperfection may be caused by a flub at the factory, or an infiltration of gunk along the way, or a cross-threading by sombody somewhere...because it happens (mainly crossthreadings) with every threaded point on the bike. In theory or at some level, cross-threading is the problem of the cross-threader, but the reality is that we make it our problem (cross-threaders are often in denial). It's times like those that scare guys like me away from threading, where non-threading is a still viable option, even if less convenient under perfect conditions. Threaded seat binder bosses are the worst. Threaded bottle bosses and rack bosses are the best. Old Frenchies had unthreaded dropout eyelets, which now seem ridiculous, but there's no better way to avoid cross-threading.C Stops on the bottom head lug are icky. They Increase cable Kinkage, Yep. With coily old-fashioned cable housings, no problem, but with modern indexable ones, they tighten the curve too much. You might see 100 perfectly funtional ones on 100 bikes somewhere, but if those bikes get ridden a lot and the bars flipped side to side as happens...unavoidably...then the housings will blow out there. I hope I can present these views without coming off as Final Word Answer Man. Like I said, there are plusses to all the options. None dumb! I like DougP's water bottlel cage option (clamp-one-one!) comment, too. I should've thoughta that. It's so true, of course. I remember when the first bikes showed up with two sets of bottle mounts. We looked askance at 'em. Those were the soft-core gimmicky bikes of their day. I've been comfortable with bottle bosses for a few decades now, but am still shy of through-the-fork braze-ons for low-riders, etc. Give me....20 years-----nope, better make it closer to 30---and I'll come around on that one. -- 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.
