Originally Posted by
TheFort
Nice. No stem shaming here!
p.s. Why are they dangerous?
Many years ago I got a cheap one on Amazon, and it loosened and slipped while my kid was riding fast down a hill. Fortunately he managed to keep control and stop the bike.
The Ritchie one cannot slip. You have to take the whole thing apart to change the angle, which is inconvenient, but far safer. I recommend one like that if you or anyone should require an adjustable stem.
A lot of bike fitting winds up being counter-intuitive, as you have probably discovered. We just assumed we would need a lot of stack and an extreme stem. She wound up being more comfortable with 30mm of spacers and a totally conventional stem.