Originally Posted by
southpawboston
I tend to agree that vintage rides look best with quill stems, and I would never dream of converting any of my vintage steeds to threadless. But for my modern bikes, I don't bother with quill.
1982 Jack Taylor:
2014 Jeff Lyon:
Did Jeff make this stem or is the nitto ui7 painted to match? and he just brazed that bit on?
also, lots of harsh in this thread. i have a classic build coming up soon in the lineup and the builder choose to use a threadless stem. I am looking for the right stem to use, the VO and nitto look the part. the constructeur bikes i find look very appropriate with a matching threadless stem. If Weigle and Herse do it from time to time...
also, some of us are picky on bar selection, and moving to 31.8 bars open huge amounts of choice.