Frequency? All the threadless headsets I've owned kept their adjustment at least as well as all the threaded ones I've used; and setting pre-load is far easier than setting bearing load on a threaded system and keeping it set while tightening the locknut.
Patrick: threadless systems certainly have their disadvantages -- largely that it's harder to adjust bar height -- but overall they are a heck of a lot easier to adjust than threaded ones. On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 9:49 PM hugh flynn <hugfly...@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 <drewbeckme...@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-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. >> > -- > 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-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. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- 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.
