[QUOTE= as for "functionally elegant" wtf does that mean? at best, it's an opinion. i think many on here would agree that a nice quill stem is way more "elegant" than a threadless, and just as "functional"[/QUOTE]

I couldn't have said it any better. I have a threaded fork and quill stem. I tried a 1" threadless carbon fork for a while with stem and it looked very turd like in comparison. I am glad I went back.