I must say that this 1 cm difference in length (9 to 10) makes a surprisingly big difference in comfort, despite the weight penalty (10 grams exactly). I'll have to just live with the weight for the sake of comfort, but that's very Rivendellian-ish-ianesque, right?
And the bar is now 1/4" below saddle, not 1" -- it just looks low and mean. I agree; the threadless system is more elegant in terms of means to end. I just wish more people made better looking, silver threadless stems. On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 12:54 PM jack loudon <jwlou...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like threadless mainly because of the removable faceplate. I change out > handlebars and stems way too frequently, so a removable faceplate saves a > lot of bar tape unwrapping/rewrapping. Other reasons for threadless are: > (a) more rigid connection with steerer tube, which I like but others may > not; (b) easy to adjust headset in the field, and; (c) stems can be had for > 31.8 bars. And, (apologies to traditionalists) I also think threadless is > a better engineering solution. Having said all that, I prefer the looks of > threaded, and all the benefits of threadless really don't add up to much. > > -- 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.
