Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
I have several vintage bikes. Two are completely built up with STI shifters and newer wheels, but one still has the old quill stem. At least two more are in the que for rebuild. AND if I could change them to 1 1/8 threadless, I would. Old quill may look good, but they are a real PITA when you're changing bars or stem length. True they are slightly easier to change height compared to threadless, but it's not worth the advantage. BTW, one of my vintage rides still has the threadless headset, but I put a 1 1/8 threadless converter in place of the original quill so I could use newer stems.
IMHO, only go with quill/threaded if you are totally committed to the vintage look regardless of how difficult it will be to change stems.
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