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12-04-06, 07:07 PM
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I have a short torso with long arms...... and my stock stem is 100mm. I am thinking maybe 1 or 2cm shorter will be good. What is the shortest stem I can get?
12-04-06, 07:14 PM
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Harris Cyclery carries Nitto Technomic stems with 50mm to 120mm extension.
12-05-06, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ROJA
I've heard no shorter than 80mm or it will screw up the bike's handling.
12-05-06, 12:46 PM
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I had a 90mm stem with a 40 degree rise(effectively making it even shorter) and it DEFINITELY affected the handling. After I lost some weight and increased my core strength I went back to the stock stem 95mm with a 6 degree drop and my bike feels so much more stable especially on descents.
12-05-06, 03:04 PM
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steering is more twitchy with a shorter stem - its less of a lever (move it less the and the wheel turns more). i personally prefer this on a road bike. i like 80-90 stems. on a TT bike thats a different matter - with all your weight there and your arms close, 110 is much better.
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Would getting wider handlebars offset a shorter stem's twitchiness?
12-05-06, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bbattle
Would getting wider handlebars offset a shorter stem's twitchiness?
anyway wide handlebars suck. they need to match your shoulder width. there isn't really a way to force a bike to fit. not two adjustments have the same effect without side effects.
12-05-06, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bbattle
Would getting wider handlebars offset a shorter stem's twitchiness?
Maybe a little. It isn't really apples to apples, but my MTB is a lot less twitchy(aka responsive) than my road bike. The handlebars are much, much wider on the MTB than the road bike as you would expect.
12-05-06, 03:36 PM
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I dropped to a 90 from a 110 and I do not like the handling the difference at all. The bike is very twitchy if I am not paying 100% attention all the time.
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12-05-06, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by garysol1
I dropped to a 90 from a 110 and I do not like the handling the difference at all. The bike is very twitchy if I am not paying 100% attention all the time.
yeah, even with my 90mm 40* rise stem I was just plain scared on descents where I went over 25mph. Pathetic! Or so I thought. Then I changed to the 95mm 6* stem and all is well even over 30 mph. I guess I wasn't being a baby after all.
