Patrick, It is definitely too far at 2 cm above sadle height. I tried it and put it right back to 5 cm above.
Looking back at my OP, I should have explained better. I am trying to decide between a 9 cm stem at the current height and an 8 cm stem at 2 cm above. How can I know (or guess well) which I'd like better without buying 2 more stems? Jay On Oct 1, 9:10 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a very useful tool:http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php > > Of course you can simply try lowering the stem and see how it feels; > "too far" is something that only you can decide. > > I wonder at your statement saying that your arms are almost locked in > certain positions. IME, a comfortable setup has your elbows in a > relaxed bend in all except perhaps the hooks position and even there > you want some bend. > > On a serendipitous note: the new Ken Rogers (OK! Enough about the > trike, already!) has a longer tt than my other bikes (58 versus 56.5 > or 57) and I was afraid that even replacing the 10 cm stem I'd need a > 7 or so, but I found that the st angle is quite a bit slacker than 73* > so that I could use a Nitto 8 lying around, also about 3 cm below > saddle, and the cockpit fit like my other good fitting road bikes. > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Jay <robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Sam Hillborne with a 10 cm stem Technomic and Noodle bars 5 > > cm above saddle height. > > > This feels too short. I can reach all the various positions with my > > arms almost totally straight, but not locked. > > > Also, I would like to try lowering the bars a few cms. Dusting off my > > high school trig - lowering the stem 3.25 cm puts the bars 1 cm > > farther away. change in stem height. With my current stem this is too > > far. > > > So - > > 1. Do I want 8 cm or 9? > > 2. Does anyone have one they want to get rid off? > > 3. Does anyone want to buy the 10 cm, with 500 miles and a few > > scratches on it? > > > Jay > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
