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[email protected] wrote:
> Tim McNamara wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > I finally got a bike with a threadless headset. It's a lot easier to
> > > adjust than threaded. And no problem with an expander breaking through
> > > threads (might be rare but it does happen).
> >
> > The star nut can cause the steerer to break, however.
>
> Of course. There's always a problem, isn't there? Well, it's a nice
> thick steel steerer on that bike, at least <g>.
>
> Funny, today I put a quill adapter into an old steel bike to use a
> threadless-style stem on it. Possibly the worst of all worlds?
I do like the idea, first put forth by Sheldon Brown (as far as I know,
anyway), to use a quill stem in a threadless fork. The best of both
worlds?
> Tim McNamara wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > I finally got a bike with a threadless headset. It's a lot easier to
> > > adjust than threaded. And no problem with an expander breaking through
> > > threads (might be rare but it does happen).
> >
> > The star nut can cause the steerer to break, however.
>
> Of course. There's always a problem, isn't there? Well, it's a nice
> thick steel steerer on that bike, at least <g>.
>
> Funny, today I put a quill adapter into an old steel bike to use a
> threadless-style stem on it. Possibly the worst of all worlds?
I do like the idea, first put forth by Sheldon Brown (as far as I know,
anyway), to use a quill stem in a threadless fork. The best of both
worlds?