Yeah I saw one of those on Nashbar. All I can say for sure is that it's cheap. Doesn't seem like a bad stop-gap measure, but it's adding <weightweenie>more weight</weightweenie> and another opportunity for something to fail. In short, it doesn't really seem elegant.
Originally Posted by baxtefer
No, you can get a threadless converter.
The reason I ask this is that I was thinking I could get the steerer tube to come up out past the headset and then attach a threadless stem. But it seems like that wouldn't be possible for other reasons - please correct me if I'm wrong.
Originally Posted by baxtefer
nope. only partially threaded.
And as for the looks - hey, we can't all be perfect.
Originally Posted by benny
I think threadless stems are for the most part ugly (just my opinion). chunks!
In any event, if push really comes to shove, I can just get a decent 1" threadless headset (Chris King or Ritchey WCS) and throw in a proper threadless fork. I'll see if my LBS has any 1" EC90s laying around. When I brought in my Steamroller, they claimed they had '04 EC90s for $150 (only *after* I told them I got mine off eBay for $170), but I'm assuming they were mostly/all 1 1/8".