Originally Posted by
gugie
Reading through the thread, I didn’t see what might be yet another market for you. Weve seen a few damaged fork threads posted on BF, and some steerers cut just a bit short for most any standard quill type headset.
Am I correct in seeing that this could be a nifty “problem solver” fot those instances?
As Robbie noted, yes, the inni headset could be used as a solution to either of those problems. You won't find a threaded headset that requires less available threaded fork than the inni design.
Originally Posted by
kingston
Over the weekend I was riding one of my old bikes with a nitto pearl stem that squeaks sometimes and found myself thinking about replacing it with one of these super-cool threadless conversion headsets. While modern threadless stems are functionally superior to a quill stem in just about every way, I still prefer the aesthetics of a quill stem on an old steel frame. I do have some modern steel frames with threadless headsets and stems that I've learned to live with so still considering.
I can sympathize here as I certainly do prefer a slimmer profile stem next to small diameter steel frame tubes. When I get my head screwed on straight, I have all intentions of producing a threadless stem that preserves as much of the original quill stem appearance as possible, for those of us that aren't completely satisfied with what's currently available.
I appreciate the comments/feedback from all of you!