General Cycling Discussion - Aesthetics: Stem with Large Rise (~40 degrees)

Can I see photos of your stem with a large rise?

My Surly Cross Check commuter and grocery getter has a very short headtube. To minimize this, I'd like to get a shiny stem with a large rise. I want to see how this looks before purchasing.

Can I see photos of yours?

This is my wife's bike, and it works great. Fits her perfectly, the arrangement works fine, and she loves it.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/TromboneAl/AllezSide.jpg

That doesn't seem to bad at all. Does anyone else have some photos to add?

I took the short steerer thing one step further , acquired a particular stem riser, [BBB BHP21]
to bring the stem up to about where it would have been if the fork was left un cut.
http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/2008/wb092-robertclark1008.html

But, You can do that the easy way , order another Cross Check Fork. leave it long,
and add the spacers you need to bring it up high enough ,
Velo Orange is into shiny polished aluminum , they have very nice looking stems.
like this one ..
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/vo-tall-stack-threadless-stem-31-8-rise.html

I actually have plenty of steerer. I left it as much of it on as purpose, but I'm trying to nail down a good height soon.

Also, I think all that steerer looks kind of funny with such a short head tube.

I really like the look of that stem, Fietsbob.

Any idea how I go about picking stem length?