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Old 10-03-21, 05:54 PM
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Clem von Jones
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If you favor more bar drop and are thin enough to ride in that position comfortably you could try a shorter stem, like an inch shorter and an inch lower. That would put more weight on the front wheel, lower your position and center of gravity, but not have much effect on overall reach. That's how I like my MTB setup. Try running different numbers on this stem calculator https://www.yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php You'll see that as the stem is lowered you'll require it being shorter to maintain the same reach. Tall people tend to favor lots of bar drop, and I can see you're tall. As you lower the bars tilt your saddle nose down a bit too.

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