Current Trend is towards Threadless stems so selection is much better .
and they are placed on a quill to threadless adapters , where they attach to the top of those.
Additional benefit, once you go to a open face plate threadless stem, you will no longer need
to remove the bar-tape and everything to try another stem with a different rise angle, or extension Forward.
Last edited by fietsbob; 11-28-14 at 09:11 AM.