Originally Posted by
Bigman
bt93, thanks for the advice, will lengthening/shortening the stem affect handling? or will it be too small a change to notice?
It will alter it slightly but, to be honest, most modern bikes have too long a stem. It looks cool and keeps the weight down slightly for the same overall bike size. Changing stem is no big deal - it would ALWAYS be part of the fit process if bikes were sold properly.