I'm sorry... sarcasm doesn't work well in text. I truly don't want a pop-top stem or a threadless headset. Even if it gave me a slight advantage in my multi-cockpit setup. (Perhaps you knew that; perhaps it is I that am missing the sarcasm!)
I definitely prefer the looks of the single-piece quill stem connecting handlebars to the steerer, for all the handlebars I have. (And I especially like the look of the Dirt Drop.) I don't always prefer form over function as a rationale for making a choice. But in this case, give me threaded w/quill over any of the other arrangements on looks alone. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean P.S. To those that prefer threadless (for any reason)... good... keep it up... the diversity of desire may spur development of a better-than- either or best-of-both system... though I will be happier if the diversity doesn't outright kill whatever my preference is at the time! :) On Aug 11, 7:27 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean > > > > <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Oh, it just occurred to me that if I had a "pop-top" stem, I wouldn't > > have to adjust a threadless headset each time I did this. So the > > threaded/threadless choice isn't really much of a difference. Maybe > > it'd take more bolt-tightening on the threadless setup. But that's no > > big deal. And I'd only need one stem, probably (since I'm using the > > same kind of stem on all of my cockpits anyway). > > > As it turns out, of course, I like the *look* of quill stems much > > better anyway. Given that I'm reading and posting to *this* list, I'm > > sure that surprises no one. (Dirt Drop lovers, unite!) > > > So, I guess that if I had a pop-top stem with a threadless headset, > > the up-side would be that I'd need only one stem. The only downside > > for this multi-cockpit notion (or any other notion, for that matter) > > would be that I'd have a pop-top stem and a threadless headset! > > You could get one of the nitto threaded->threadless adapters and then > put a threadless stem on it like normal. Then you could have the > poptop stem you'd want. > > -sv -- 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.
