As I said, the Zoom is not as beautiful, but still quite decent... and much cheaper. I paid mine about $25 CDN each.
If you can't find it at your local store, look at
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http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...bmit.y=11]this item[/url] (link from Sheldon Brown's site)
P.S. I roughly measured one bicycle:
- quill : 120 mm of quill exposed ; I could extend safely it a further 30-40 mm.
- stem : an upwards angle of 10-35 degrees looks best; mine is at 20 degrees up, so the bars are 150 mm above the headset crown.
As for sore wrists vs stem length, I don't remember the page, but it could have been a suggetion regarding a specific bicycle/rider combo. The more standard variables are handlebar tilt (i.e. rotation in the stem bracket) and orientation of the "bar ends". But as always, if bars are too far away, too low -- or too close or too high, it plays a role.