Originally Posted by Don Cook
It is absolutely clear from the pictures that the entire bike is being tilted as pressure is being applied to the handle bars. Just look at the angle of the head tube as the bars are being twisted. That being said, if you think threadless stems are better, great! If you're a thread & quill person, amen! I have both. I ride both. I've installed and adjusted both. There are a few ridiculously and objectively wrong statements being made in this thread about both systems. Why do we find comfort in conversion of others?
Could you be more specific about what statements you find "ridiculous"? I have seen nothing that seems that out of true.
Here is a link to an article on threadless headsets from Sheldon Brown's web page by Jobst Brandt. I believe he is a mechanical engineer at Stanford.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/t...s-headset.html