Adam-from-SLO said:I forgot to add this one, since it is a new standardization in the road cycling industry:
1 1/8" headtubes on frames.
I get the reason why the industry went that way; however for the folks out there with perfectly good frames it can be a pain to then find a good 1" fork(carbon, etc). It seems as though the only carbon fork makers currently making 1" is Reynolds... and I think Eason EC90 makes one. To find new is tough; so the only other option is ebay. I'm surprised another carbon fork maker hasn't stepped up to the plate to produce a nice 1" carbon fork(LOOK, etc). There definitly is a market to be had there!
1" headtubes/ forks were perfectly fine for over 100 years of hard road cycling.
Reynolds doesn't make forks anymore.
Easton, as you noted makes CF 1" steerer forks. Ritchey makes a CF fork w/ a 1" steerer. Winwood makes a CF 1" fork. Gios/Mizuno make a CF 1" fork. Performance/Forte makes a 1" CF fork. So, that's 5 manufacturers. Not bad.
What bikes are still being produced with head tubes for 1" steerers come with forks from their manufacturer, generally. Otherwise, I don't really know that anyone is making frames for 1" forks anymore and leaving the fork finding to the buyer.
The standardization on 1 1/8" was bound to happen, because just before that road bikes had 1" steerers and MTBs had 1 1/8" steerers. It was a no doubter for the industry to narrow the range to 1 1/8". That's simple economics.