I need a new stem. I've got a 1" threaded headset. I love the classic look of quill stems, but the selection in quill stems is pretty poor, and most quality ones that I see are a polished silver/nickel color, whereas I was hoping to get a black one. Origin-8 makes one that I like the looks of, but I'm not sure about the quality. Profile design, which is slightly higher quality (I think) also makes one, but it's not as attractive to me. Then, there's the option of the adapter that will enable me to use threadless stems with my current fork/headset. The selection would be much better, but I'm not a fan of the looks of a threadless stem. So, should I:
1) get the origin-8 stem?
2) get the profile design stem?
3) accept that quill stems are the past, threadless stems are the present and future, and get the adapter?