Theoretically easier to adjust with the tools you're likely to have with you on a trail, but a few weeks ago I took a poll at work, and it revealed that in more than 100 years of cumulative riding on dirt and roads, nobody has ever had a threaded headset come loose. It can happen, but probably won't. We "went threadless" only because we wanted riders to be able to swap parts from existing bikes (stems, bars--if 31.8 to match the stem). Rather than having to buy the bars and stems from us. WHich--we'll have a good assortment, but still. The 73 shell, yes, so you can have a fatty tire not riding too close to the chain. It's not a big problem with 68, but now and then when you're going down a bouncy trail, the chain will flop into the tire and the tire will drag it down toward the chainstay and won't let go until you stop. It sounds worse than it is. You're going down the trail, and all of a sudden it sounds like you've picked up the mother of all leaves, but the bike still goes. Also, if you want to use a single-ring crank and external bb, those are optimized for 73mm shells. The debate was: 73mm shells and threadless, or Carbon Fiber and shocks, and the right ones won!
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Threadless: Easier adjustment on the trail, conversely offset by being > less likely to go out of adjustment on the trail. > > 73mm: Wider shell for modern mtb cranks which clear wider tires. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/bZskFzjF_I4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
