Originally Posted by
Sangetsu
I've always preferred quill stems. The threadless nonsense was another example of trying to fix something that wasn't broken. Quill stems are simple, with only 2 bolts, they are easy to adjust (without adding/removing spacers), and they look much better.
Do you mean the treaded to threadless adaptor?
The threadless stem is great.
- You get 2 stem angles for the price of one.
- No scratching your bars to thread them through.
- Ability to use non-uniform shaped bars.
- For track use: Easy changes from drop bars to TT bars. Otherwise you have to have a seperate bar+stem combo.
It is significantly advanced technology. So much so that only "old school" bikes use them.
Threaded to threadless adaptors look terrible and add points of failure to your bike.