Originally Posted by
frogshawn
Great point. I talked to the builder and he said he could get the bars wherever I wanted regardless of the bar types. Thanks
It may be best to have plenty of steerer tube and spacers above the headset so you have lots of options. And as you age, it can be nice to raise the bars higher too.
In the photo I am using a 17 degree stem, it does not look too obnoxiously high when I used it in the horizontal orientation. And I can raise the bars a lot higher later if I want to. This photo is about a decade old.
Thr above photo is about a decade old, I have the bars about an inch higher and about 10mm less reach now. A more recent photo below.
Side note - if you plan to use a handlebar bag, you can lower it with a send stem the way that I did in the second photo.