$20 way to test a 300mm stem if you don’t mind chinese made.
https://www.ebay.com/p/534752766?iid=262029398924=ps=1=1=711-117182-37290-0=2=262029398924=884692771401=m=pla=9004358==9344508178=100238954131=pla-884692771401=1139336=102014203=EAIaIQobChMI9Kr3jPjI6QIVloTICh3puQd-EAQYBiABEgJbYvD_BwE
I think there's more psychology involved in what we think a bike is "supposed"
to look like than we admit to. If my brain thinks a long-ish 7-shaped stem is
the right way to run a dropbar, I'm liable to think a short stem handles weird
because the look convinces me it will handle weird.
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I should have added that in retrospect I've experienced the viability of
short stems myself: I've built many long tt mountain bikes up with drop
bars using radically upjutting stems (10 cm DD, Tioga T-Bones) with
effectively very short reach; not 0, but certainly less than the 8 to 10 I
expect on
This has been an interesting discussion, and I've learned something, namely
that it seems that if a bike is designed to situation your weight in a
certain position, you can mix up the bar and stems as long as your maintain
the range of positions the bike was designed for. Stated like that it seems
"It seems the only stability issue with a shorter stem would be some decrease
in stability when riding with one hand on the bar."
As far as my not-an-engineer brain can tell this would only be true in a
situation - like a flatbar- where the shorter stem moved your hands back
exactly as far as
In an earlier post on the new Sam Hillborunes coming in Sept,
“New batch of Sam Hillbornes this fall” 5/16/20
The discussion went OT to the longer top tubes RBW uses in the MIT
Atlantis, and the need for shorter stems when using drop bars . Patrick
Moore expressed concerns about
