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J-McKech

08-19-04, 01:10 PM

I have been looking for a new stem being that mine is too long. I found this one http://store.bianchiusa.com/cgi-bin/store/E3112.html on the Bianchi website. It says it has a 73 degree slope. To me it looks perfectly straight. I have been looking for a straight stem. With no up or down rise. This one is a pretty good price and it will match my bike pretty good. I'm just wondering how downward slope its going to have. Thanks guys

john_ford

08-19-04, 03:12 PM

depends on your head tube angle but a 73d should be pretty much horizontal

Provence

08-19-04, 05:25 PM

Nothing to worry about. A perfectly horizontal stem in relation to level ground is 72 degrees so the Bianchi stem will only have a very slight negative rise to it.

J-McKech

08-19-04, 06:20 PM

Awesome guys yall rock!