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06-12-15 | 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronno6

I do not believe that that is recommended.
The threaded portion will see the stress point at the bottom of the stem clamp.
I have inquired in the past about using a threaded fork using a quill/threadless adapter and stem to
load the threadless headset instead of the star nut, and was informed that it was a bad idea....
I believe that the quill stem or adapter reinforces the steerer by moving the stress point to the bottom of the quill portion inside the
head tube (between the headset bearings.

I could be incorrect..............

I will not be using a quill stem. I intend to use the threadless clamp-on stem that came with the bike. The ONLY difference is that the steerer tube has threads at the top. I repeat - "The ONLY difference is that the steerer tube has threads at the top". There will be a star nut inside the steerer to hold things together.

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