Agreed. I would love to see a Riv exclusive Nitto stem with a pop-top. I have a few cheaper ones on my round town bikes and they just make changing bars/cockpit setups a dream. The off brands of course do not have the quality or strength of a Nitto so i don't trust them to be pulled on with all my weight going up a 30% upgrade.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > Yes, there are pluses and minuses to each. When you want to adjust your > handlebar height, or when you're buying a used bike, having a threadless > stem is not an advantage. What's a few seconds' work -- or maybe a > replacement with a Technomic long quill stem -- with threaded is either a > royal pain or time to buy a new fork and good luck with that with > threadless. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Abelson" <d...@abelsons.net> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 2:30:16 PM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: New "budget" Riv in Summer 2013? > > > > I was reminded of one other benefit of threadless the other day when I > pulled the stem out of my quickbeam to grease it after not greasing it for > longer than I should have. While the stem was not stuck yet, I had to apply > a little extra force to get it out. The stem getting stuck is not an issue > with threadless. Don't get me wrong I love my rivs that and I realize there > are various kludges such as adaptors to get threadless stems to work on > bikes designed for quills but for what its worth I have a preference for > threadless and having had bikes with both have found no downside for me to > threadless. My opinion would probably be different if I liked to change bar > height mid ride etc. > > Dan Abelson > Saint Paul, mn > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
