I hear that. I also need a shorter stem. I found a dirt cheap Thomson X2 on ebay as a replacement, but the length difference is so small (1 mm) that I'm sure it won't even make a difference.

Good thing it only cost me $35. If it doesn't work out I can easily sell it and get some small profit out of it.

sorry for the quick threadjack, but it was somewhat related.

I do like riding in the drops. Sometimes a bit more than at the tops or the imaginary "hoods". I'd been doing it less often lately because of my long stem. Felt a bit too unnatural. Need to tighten up the cockpit to be able to pull it off comfortably. Once I sort out the stem thing, I'll be riding a lot more in the drops and it might make sense to have track grips