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Old 05-05-10 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by miamijim
....How can a stem be recommended by your fitter if its doest give you the proper rise with the recommended spacers? Sounds to me that your fitter deosnt have the proper stem in stock.
Re-read his first post on that part. The shop didn't recomend a specific stem. Just he's trying to get the bars up to 2cm above his saddle height using the stem he's got.

I'm with those that suggest using a stem with more rise angle. Get a 30 degree stem and you can even reduce the number of spacers to less then 40 mm's. Whatever gets the bars up to the right height and distance in front of the saddle is good. Even then I'd tend to leave the stem a little longer and stick a spacer or two up top. Try moving the bars up and down in different combos 5mm at a time and see what you finally find to be the best for you. Racing fits done by good fitters seldom need any tweaking and if they do it's seldom by much. But for longer touring rides you may find that fudging things around to a greater degree will provide more comfort or effectiveness for longer days. Even to the point where if you know it's a lot of uphill for that day you may want to drop the bars by a cm for a slightly more aggresive fit for the demands of the day and raise them for more comfort if you know it's mostly level or down for the day.
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