Originally Posted by motion sickness
Since you haven't cut the steer tube yet, I would suggest leaving the spacers in with the stem level. That way you can always flip the stem later if you need that extra little bit of height. If you flip the stem now, remove the spacers and cut the tube short, the only way to get more rise would be to swap to an even higher (gads!) stem.
Makes perfect sense. I will even add another 5mm spacer above the stem and put a nut above it, so I will have more options.
Thanks,
v.