That VO stem isn't half bad. As a rider that can never make up his mind about bar setups the removable faceplate does offer a lot. But I agree the selection of good looking threadless stems is fairly poor. I've got a half tig, half lugged one from RBW like the one Jim linked to. It gets a lot of woos and ahs but mostly from non-Bobs. Aesthetically I agree you can't hardly beat a Nitto.
It seems to me the head tube size really did in the threaded stem scene. They might exist, but I've not seen many threaded 1.125" stems. They've got to be a bunch heavier. One advantage to production of bikes with threadless headset/stems I've not seen pointed out here is the lack of steerer threading - some thing I would consider a machine shop procedure that can't be easily accomplished by semi-skilled bike assemblers. Then there's the issue of length of the threads on a steerer of given length. How many spacers will be used? It just becomes all to comlicated for the mass marketed, mass produced segment of the bike industry. Something most of us don't come in contact with. On Dec 23, 3:42 pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > No!!! I don't want steerer sticking up above my stem!!! Abominable! Won't do > it!!! > Oh, come on Patrick, it gives you someplace to hang your hat. (smirk) Phil B --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
