Originally Posted by
lnferno
For commuting, I have a Marin Fairfax (hybrid). The stem was set to 60 degrees originally, now it is set to 10 degrees. By changing 1) the grips and 2) the position of the grips along with the stem adjustment, it really didn't change the comfort factor for me. In fact, now that I've ridden with it at 10 degrees, I think that it was too high to begin with.
Now that's interesting. I changed mine from 60 to 30 degrees, and prefer it. After a while, I moved down to 15, and it seemed a bit too much. But maybe I'll give that another shot after reading what it did for your speed.