Originally Posted by
scirocco
Not as dorky as a flipped-up stem, which just screams "I haven't got good enough flexibility to ride this bike". At least with the stem down and some more spacers it looks like the traditional quill stems which were parallel to the ground.
I agree. My stem is flipped down, because I need the length, but with spacers, to get the bars up higher. This is how my bike fits me best. Nothing to do with looking cool, it just fits this way - like a quill stem geometry-wise.