Question re: stem adjustment
Hi!
I recently finished building a bike that I love, but that upon completion I realized I had set up just a bit too long for me, and was finishing my rides with significant upper back pain. Ive currently got a 10 cm nitto dirtdrop stem, and I decided to fix the problem with a 5 cm nitto techmonic. However, once the techmonic arrived I realized by holding it up next to the current stem that while it will move the bars backward about an inch and a quarter, it will also drop them about an inch and a quarter lower, from just above the saddle height to just below it. This feels a bit like creating a new problem to solve my first problem. Does anyone have any alternative stem suggestions? Or should i just accept the lower/closer trade-off? I already have my seat shoved as far forward as it will go without turning the set-back post around backward. Thanks! |
A 5 CM stem? Sounds like you need a frame with a shorter top tube. Sliding the seat forward to decrease reach can cause problems.
Frame sounds like it's at least two sizes too big. |
Originally Posted by Colnago Mixte
(Post 20568198)
A 5 CM stem? Sounds like you need a frame with a shorter top tube. Sliding the seat forward to decrease reach can cause problems.
Frame sounds like it's at least two sizes too big. |
Geometry is cruel. If you have a short high angle stem and you make it shorter it gets lower, as you found out.
You can get steering tube extensions that just move things up, and then use a short 0 degree stem. |
Originally Posted by bicybike
(Post 20568193)
Hi!
I recently finished building a bike that I love, but that upon completion I realized I had set up just a bit too long for me, and was finishing my rides with significant upper back pain. Ive currently got a 10 cm nitto dirtdrop stem, and I decided to fix the problem with a 5 cm nitto techmonic. However, once the techmonic arrived I realized by holding it up next to the current stem that while it will move the bars backward about an inch and a quarter, it will also drop them about an inch and a quarter lower, from just above the saddle height to just below it. This feels a bit like creating a new problem to solve my first problem. Does anyone have any alternative stem suggestions? Or should i just accept the lower/closer trade-off? I already have my seat shoved as far forward as it will go without turning the set-back post around backward. Thanks! |
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