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10-15-24 | 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by John E

I still so no real benefit and a major disadvantage in height adjustment to threadless.

I adjust the height of my threadless stems as frequently as I adjust the height of my quill threaded stems.

...to be clear, it's almost never for both. After the fit is dialed in on each, I don't touch em.
I have never been riding a fitted quill stem bike and been like 'boy, I sure would like to quickly drop this stem height 20mm for the rest of my ride!'. But if I did, I could do the same with my threadless bikes.

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