Originally Posted by
mediccody
I've used standard 1" quill stems with French forks and headsets before. The quill fits into the steerer tube, but the problem that I personally ran into was that the quill stem would not remain seated solidly inside the tube.
Well, I can't dispute your experience, but the standard 1" threaded quill size is 22.2mm and French is 22.0. Your description sounds more like what would happen when inserting a French stem in a standard steerer.