Originally Posted by bradtx

dogegg, It's quite possible that your stem is too long, but I wouldn't change anything based solely on your forearm length. Another age-old method is when seated with your hands on the hoods the front axle is hidden by the handle bar. While these two methods are primarily for the drop bar bikes the problem is that there are so many possible combinations of handle bars (primarily), frame geometries, fork off sets and the riders themselves.

Brad