But on the other hand, I remember mountain biking back in the day, when every crash would involve straightening out the threaded stem before I could get back on the trail. This never happens with threadless... though maybe in part because I crash less now than I used to.
Eric On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 6:24 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > You’re right—I don’t do this often. However, in 2007 when I was near the > finish of PBP and suffering from some pretty bad numbness in my hands, it > was *so* helpful to be able to raise the stem easily on the road. That took > some weight off my hands and allowed me to finish the ride (although my > hands were tingly and a bit weak for several months after). > > --Eric Norris > campyonly...@me.com > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On Apr 15, 2019, at 3:22 PM, William deRosset <wmderos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Try changing the height of your bars on the road with a threadless stem. > If you set it up correctly (extra length in the steerer+ extra spacers), it > can be done ... but it will take ten times longer than with a quill stem. > > Dear Eric, > > If one is in the habit of constantly changing one's bar height without > making corresponding changes to one's stem extension, you are correct. > > If one adjusts both height and reach in tandem (necessary in my > experience), then most quill setups (which do not have removable face > plates) are a bigger pain than playing musical removable-faceplate stems. > > If one more-or-less sets the handlebar position and doesn't mess with it > (most riders I know fall into this latter bin), then this disadvantage is > not really a significant one. > > My René Herse has the awkward combination of a one-off clamp-on stem and > threaded headset, and the only time it bugs me (besides aesthetically--it > is not an elegant engineering solution in my opinion) is about every four > years, when I travel by air with it and have to pull the fork. I could > freely adjust the bar height, though... > > Finally, how often do you actually change stem height *during a ride* > once your fit is dialed in? My frequency is zero (since 1976). > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > > > On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:11:43 AM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: >> >> Try changing the height of your bars on the road with a threadless stem. >> If you set it up correctly (extra length in the steerer+ extra spacers), it >> can be done ... but it will take ten times longer than with a quill stem. >> >> OTOH, it’s impossible to get a threadless stem stuck inside the steerer, >> which has happened on several of my standard-quill bikes. >> >> Eric N >> www.CampyOnly.com <http://www.campyonly.com/> >> CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/> >> Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy >> >> On Apr 14, 2019, at 8:49 PM, hugh flynn <hugf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The ease of adjustment for threadless stems is indeed so great that it is >> astounding how hard it can be to describe properly... >> >> That said, the gains offered by simplicity are offset by the frequency >> with which one has to do it. For all the claimed complexity of threaded >> headset adjustmemt, one doesn't have to fiddle with headset preload when >> changing or adjusting a quill stem. >> >> Hugh "net gain is null" Flynn >> Newburyport, MA >> >> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:07 PM Drw <drewbe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes. This is what kept me away from threadless for so long. It seemed so >>> complicated based on descriptions. In reality it’s super simple. So much so >>> that I questioned what I was doing the first few times. “Is the stem bolt >>> actually holding the fork on the bike?” Still runs thru my head. >>> >>> -- >>> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Hugh Flynn >> Newburyport, MA >> >> -- >> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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