On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:37:20 GMT, "Ian Szekeres"
may have said:

It seems as though I should be able to find some sort of locking collar to
keep my current headset compressed together, knock out the star fangled nut,
and assuming the steerer tube is a consistant thickness and not butted,
simply slide a 25.4 stem into the steerer.

I am currently using a threadless riser, and while it does let me adjust the
height, It seems like a real kludge. I miss my old stem

Any advice would be appreciated

A really cheap threadless stem could be used as a clamp, with no bar
installed. Or, if you're adventurous, you might be able to use a
31.8mm seat clamp with the internal ridge reamed out. I wouldn't
recommend that dodge personally, since it leaves you with just one
clamp bolt, but it might work. To get the preload set properly, if
the starfangled nut is already gone, take a piece of 1/4" or 6mm
all-thread that's long enough to go through the steerer and bend into
a hook at the bottom, and use that with a wingnut to snug down the cap
at the top while you tighten the tube clamp.

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