New Threaded to Threadless Adapter

[brewsmith]

Just saw this on Cyclingtips.

Definitely seems like an aesthetic improvement over the usual quill/threadless adapter, but it limits you to the proprietary headset and comes in at an eye watering $140. Given that includes the headset, it takes the sting out a bit, but it's marketed as a way to revive languishing old bikes, and it's hard to imagine most casual rec riders plunking down that kind of money to ride their old bike.....

[Velocipede]

And it comes in black.

[old_fat_and_slow]

I wouldn't consider a threadless stem and fork as an aesthetic improvement for a languishing old bike.
Might save a little weight if you can switch to a lighter fork, but that's about it, and new 1 inch steerer forks are getting hard to find.

[mcallen]

Nice to have this as an option, though I wouldn't expect it to ever get big.

My interest is more practical than aesthetic, so that I could adjust stem and bars more readily. It's a pain to find quill stems and bars these days, especially when trying to dial in a fit. Plus, I like ergonomics of modern bars.

[tuscanyswe]

Ive seen it before n I think its a really neat solution and i would consider using it on the right frame.

[ridethecliche]

Oh hey, that looks familiar





100% recommend. It's a fantastic designed piece of kit and it allowed me to use the frameset together with things that fit way better than the original quill and bar combo. I hate swapping bars on quill stems. I'd also like to clarify that the headset bearing is a pretty common part so you can refresh it without much drama if something happens to it.

I was thinking of buying a columbus minimal fork to swap over to threadless and drop some weight from the bike, but in the end this was a better option because the point of this build wasn't to have a light bike.

The designer's a really solid dude as well. Was very helpful through the install process as well. Sent me a few spares when I bent something being a bonehead.

[robt57]

You sorta have to deduct the cost of the usual threadless adapter as well to be fair.

Seems well implemented, and if the bearings and QC is near King stuff, not bad at all...

[Big Dan]

Like the idea. Limited number of quill stems available out there.

[SPOKE]

It really does look much nicer than to other quill adapters.

[rccardr]

[/i][/b] unlimited number of quill stems available out there.

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[NHAero]

Velo Orange had a nice one, I just checked and they are sold out. I have one on the Bilenky tandem I bought here a while back. The other older frames that I had quill adapters on are all back with quill stems, they still look so much nicer to my eye.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by rccardr

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You're being a contrarian. You know what he meant. Add to that that you're wrong.

One is generally limited to 25.4 or 26.0 clamp handlebars, though there are the odd 31.8 stems with removable face plates, further limited to mostly -17d angles, though there are some zero degree stems out there. Finding the combo you need in order to use the bar you want is often not possible. Plus the result is likely heavier and less stiff than the above adapter.

[ridethecliche]

The 'steerer' of the adapter can also be cut down once you settle on your position. Shaves a bit of weight off that way as well. Mine was (obviously) uncut in pictures.

[m_sasso]

Welcome to 2018!

[MikeD]

$200? Why not just use a much cheaper quill adapter? https://www.amazon.com/Origin8-Quill.../dp/B00R6S76TC