To my eye, lots of spacers = tall quill stem. Aesthetically, neither one is great, but both give you a lot of function and comfort.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > both of the bikes pictured in this thread are built up with a lot of > spacers under the threadless stem. both framesets are gorgeous, so > don't get me wrong. and when i see the spacers i ask why not more > seat and headtube length....or it justifies my preference for sloping > top tubes...or it speaks to the beauty of the quill stem...or someone > should manufacture threadless stems with much longer fork clamps to > make the spacers go away. Raleigh appears to be attempting those > threadless, long clamp stems on their newest touring bike. > > On Nov 13, 6:34 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very nice, but that's a cross bike. How does it ride and handle > > compared to the R? > > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:22 PM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> > wrote: > > > The Roadeo's brother has a 1x9. And driveside pics. > > > > >http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx/2009/cx049-maxie0309.html > > > > > -- > > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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.
