ginsoakedboy

This may not even exist -- yet -- but does anyone know if any manufacturer offers such a creature? I have an old Raleigh tourer with 1" threaded headset, but the bars I would really like to use are 31.8.

I am already aware of the available adapters that fit a 1" threaded and allow a 1-1/8 or 1-1/4 threadless stem to be mounted, but that seems like an awful lot of excess hardware, and I would prefer to use just a quill stem that has the larger clamp -- if there is such a thing.

Thanks.

same time

I don't believe it exists - 31.8 became standard after threadless did. Maybe check Salsa to see if they offer one.

The adaptor is not so bad, it's cheap and a lot lighter than you think. And once it's in you won't think about it again.

ginsoakedboy

Thanks. I posted this same thread in Mechanics, and one person alerted me to a 1" Kalloy adjustable stem with that clamp size.

I've tried the adapter with a threadless stem, and it just doesn't look right on the old '80's vintage Raleigh tourer that I'm building up.