Originally Posted by
repechage
A tradition vote from me.
or a 1” thread less adapter and stem
I am a fan of the adapter method as I usually put it to it's minimum height (or "slammed"), which always looks good and keeps the awkwardness (of a bulky stem) in check. That might be a little low for my desired setup at the moment, but I'll do some measuring off my Trek 620 for some real life results. That second, lower-set threadless setup puts the saddle-to-hood drop essentially where my 66cm Land Shark did. The Land Shark, in addition to 1cm more height, had a generous 1cm's worth of headset spacers, making it more of a stealth 67cm frame in a way.