Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
.... But, raising bars 2cm ... possible, but on a modern bicycle will take some doing. There won't be that much adjustability available in a threadless setup....
Uh, what?
Unless you're talking about the small percentage of high end bikes with integrated stem and bars, threadless is significantly more easily adjusted than threaded.
Threadless stems can be flipped, possibly achieving 2cm alone. Ain't happening with a threaded "7" stem. Even if the thread less fork has been cut to have no room for spacers, virtually infinite combinations of stem angle and length are available. Heck, if you have a threaded stem needing adjustment, the easiest route may be to toss the threaded stem and replace it with a threaded to threadless adapter. From there you can put the bars almost anywhere you want.