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Old 01-25-07 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by gfrance
....anymore. It wasn't that long ago that they still were using them...something like 1999, and the performance differential between then and now is pretty minimal. But I do agree with your argument here, 100%.

I ordered the threadless, and will keep it that way. Thanks for the help.
which pretty much coincides with the time that carbon forks became the norm. Threadless lets you build a much lighter front end. Moving to carbon forks pushed it over the edge because now you could have Al and SF steerer tubes which make things even lighter.
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