Originally Posted by momoman
Why’d you decide to switch to a one-piece folding stem? Are you sure it’s gonna allow your bike to fold? For the stock two-piece stem it’s necessary to fully extend the stem so the handlebar will clear the left front fork dropout to allow the bike to fold.
I very seldom need to fold it completely down, and eliminating moving parts by going to a
fixed length stem (based on where I want my bar position) should help save weight.
I figure I can easily pop the front wheel off if, for some reason, I need to fold it down to minimum.