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Old 03-28-05 | 09:08 PM
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I have found that each 10 deg. rise=about 1/2" shorter reach versus a 0 degree stem. (This is assuming the nominal length [horizontal extension] of the stem (in mm) is the same in both cases.)
(I usually go shorter--that seems to be, roughly, the formula I've come up with through experience.)

This is only approximate, but it's a starting point.
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