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Consider a second stem if you have enough steerer tube to mount it.
In the photo you can see I have a second lower stem with my handlebar bag bracket. It lowers the center of gravity a bit and it frees up some of your handlebar for other accessories. The best way to do this is with a short piece of handlebar that you cut off with a hack saw, but in the photo I used a short piece of PVC pipe to go between the bracket and the stem.
ADDENDUM ADDED MUCH LATER:
Today my PVC pipe for my second stem broke. I will be looking for a discarded or cheap handlebar to cut to replace it. Fortunately I was less than two miles from home when it broke. Rode 54 miles today, so it could have picked a much worse time to break. I no longer suggest PVC pipe for that purpose.
I am looking for old posts where I suggested PVC pipe to make this additional comment.
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