Originally Posted by
nlerner
Aren’t you contradicting yourself with those two sentences? The stem angle allows you to “locate the bar where you want it.” I’d call that a “function.”
And the quill doesn't perform the same function?
What you're really talking about is that if you buy a bike that doesn't fit you and has a threadless fork that is cut too short, a high angle stem will accomplish what a quill stem used to.
Which is true, but it all starts with a bike that doesn't quite fit.