Originally Posted by
icemilkcoffee
The reason to have different angle threadless stems, is so you can adjust the height of the bar, right? With a quill stem, you can adjust the height by loosening one screw and raising and lowering the stem.
Ah, yes, of course. The limit there is how long/high your stem is and do you need a Technomic to get your bars level with your saddle (which I do). My larger point is to respond to the often-expressed thought in this forum that older is better/simpler. When it comes to stem height and angles, I don't think that's true.