Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
The post with the photo brings up a good point. You probably have a slammed -17° stem (or you should have). However there are also angled stems which can be flipped. You can't get into the position in the photo because your bars are too high because your headtube can't really get much shorter. So you drop your bars lower with a downward angled stem. You want your drops down somewhere almost even with your front tire. At your height/weight, you should be able to get quite low before your thighs hit your stomach in the drops..
I don't agree with or even understand these fit suggestions, though. I know no one that rides a -17 stem, and very few have slammed stems. In fact, with the realization that flat forearms are faster, it "seems" more people are raising their bars up a bit to be able to achieve that position. Plus without seeing his current fit, it's not a given what he needs.