On Dec 23, 12:15 pm, "David Faller" <dfal...@charter.net> wrote: > Exactly! Talk about drinking the Kool Aid; the consumers all bought into the > "differences as improvements", when, in fact, the differences are only > differences. Most threadless stems are just ugly. I suppose some are a tad > lighter, but this was never the reason for the new design. And what's all > this about threadless being somehow stronger? Any of you snapped off a > steerer at the stem lately? >
This one's certainly not ugly... http://flickr.com/photos/t2architect/3128394163/in/set-72157610331529941/ And, FWIW, threadless stems (read: non-quill stems that clamp onto the fork steerer) go back to the classic French constructeur bikes of the 40s/50s -- it's not a new concept. E.G. this 1947 Alex Singer: http://reneherse.com/images/DSC_00463.JPG http://reneherse.com/images/DSC_00166.JPG -Jim G --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
