Today I was asked if we can build our frames for a 1"1/8 steerer. There are lugs available i think but when I thought about this myself a while ago now I came to the conclusion that it would add weight and be ugly. In fact I can't think of any reason why we should need to do it, not yet anyway.
As long as its still possible to get 1" headsets and stems we will stick to 1". It looks more in proportion to steel tubing, its lighter and it just makes sense.
To be quite honest, if there was still an abundant supply of quill stems we wouldn't even build a-head forks, unless requested. But such is the bicycle industry that it thinks a-head is the way forward.
In fact I think Richard Sachs sums it up pretty well here
Monday, 15 December 2008
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Ahead is the way to go... if your headset loosens off during a ride it's easily adjusted. But alu stems do look a bit too chunky on a steel frame. So why not build steel stems and paint them to match the frame? Bontrager used to make lovely steel ahead stems, you could do something like that.
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