Originally Posted by ink1373
so...threaless stems are ugly. real ugly. i'm sure i'm not the only one that feels this way.
can anyone explain how rethreading works, or throw up some links? or failing that, a link to some attractive looking threadless stems?
it's called a thread die. you turn the thread die with cutting oil around the steer tube and it cuts the threads into it...
cinelli made a threadless stem called the 'alter', which is rather unique and nice looking... in my opinion. they don't make them anymore though, so you'd have to check ebay... stella azura, deda, 3ttt, syntace and itm also make some really nice looking threadless stems. deda's magic, newton, and newton pista are all super nice. you need an oversized bar for most deda stems though... such as the deda pista or velocita. hot stuff.
of course, all of this is a matter of opinion. i guess you need to form your own, but it sounds like you already have... get off your lazy bum and do some research.