Well, having a special run of parts made is more difficult than using something that is already available with probably 100 variants from which to choose. And if the modern, widely available version is demonstrably an improvement over the antiquated version that requires a special production run, then the question becomes: why bother?
On Dec 11, 1:19 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 11:03 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > > Threaded stems and headsets are pretty much obsolete on new-production > > bikes, and the number of threaded stem/headset options is small and > > getting smaller. There are a few holdouts, like Riv and some custom > > shops, but I think even they see the writing on the wall (Legolas was > > threadless, and Roadeo apparently has a threadless option). > > More like catering to the tastes of the intended audience than seeing > the handwriting on the wall. If it were the latter, wouldn't you expect > the frames designed since the Legolas (such as the Hillborne, Foy, etc) > to similarly acknowledge the presence of said handwriting? > > > As individuals, we can deal with obsolete or obscure parts with ebay > > and other small sources. But a bike manufacturer, who needs to order > > hundreds or thousands of headsets per year has to consider the risks > > of not having enough headsets for this year, and for service in years > > to come. > > It appears that Velo Orange, far smaller than most bike manufacturers, > had no difficulty sourcing high quality threaded headsets for the VO > brand. I think fears of the availability of threaded headsets are > greatly exaggerated. -- 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-bu...@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.
