I've used, and adjusted, exactly one threadless stem in all my years of riding, and (1) I was hugely impressed with how easy it is to adjust; not only easy, but simple! But (2) I was also very disconcerted (and I realize that this is a purely personal reaction) when I couldn't easily fine tune the bar height.
As for aesthetics, I've seen a few nice looking threadless stems, and the ugly problem is less the kind than the current fashion, but one huge deal breaker for me would be to have a noticeable amount of steerer poking up above the top of the stem. Uglier than a Technomic at full height, IMO. If I were to have a new custom, I'd probably get threadless, but only after first finding and purchasing an acceptable-looking clamp on stem; and only because, after all these years, I know how high I like my bars; AND while accepting the fact that, should I ever want to raise the bars significantly, this would mean either a new fork with longer steerer, or possibly a custom upjutter stem. No pokey steerer in *my*face! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
