Mountain Biking - Stem Rise?

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jprice
08-29-04, 08:27 PM
hi, recently I replaced my flat bar with a riser, my flat was something like 580mm w/ 5 degree rise, I think the riser is 686mm with a 9 degree rise, so heres the thing, I feel like I have lost some of that racing position on the bike that I like and I am feeling a little to upright, probably the shorter reach to the bars, so if I get a stem with say 0 degree rise should that drop my bars back down to more of race type position, my stem now has a 6 degree rise w/ 120mm. Any suggestions, a recommendation of stem i might want to try would be great also. thanks


Jamis
08-30-04, 03:30 AM
depending on the riding your doing it all depends on ur personal prefference

paintballdude
09-01-04, 07:32 AM
Jprice I know exactly what your going through...man. My old bike had flat bars but then I bought a new one. What I did was move the uprised bar forward a little bit. . I am not sure if that helps but ok.


Another MTBiker

later