Once you find a quill stem and bar setup you like, and fits you well, little change is required thereafter. Unless you like to constantly change things out. The only threadless stem I have is on my 29r singlespeed mtn. bike, and I haven't changed anything on it other than swapping the grips for ourys. So a removable faceplate is nice but not essential for most riders I think. I recently scored a dura ace quill stem for my fuji track bike, it is amazing - no stem clamp bolt visable anywhere!