Originally Posted by
Drag
Actually, I think it looks accentuated with the design of Affixed's (Thompson?) stem, but having a negative angle stem works in conjunction with the angle of the steerer to produce a horizontal orientation/reach of the stem body. Here is the similar effect with the ITM stem on my Litespeed:
Aesthetic preferences aside, it's more the concern of if you need the bars lower, and have that amount of spacers and are using a stem angled downward, cut it and set it up differently so you're not putting undue stress on the carbon steerer tube. Most carbon steerers have a spacer limit, I can't remember what the Edge 2.0 limit is (or if there is one). I have the same fork, no spacers but one at the top so I'm not clamping at the edge of the tube which can cause cracking/fibers to fray.
If the steerer can handle a mile of spacers, and that's what you want, I say go for it. I know some people don't cut steerer tubes for various reasons, like back issues, and they need to change their position from time to time, so I wasn't sure if that was a reason for the set up.
Aesthetics are personal anyway, but shouldn't trump safety or proper fit (crazy talk, I know, I'll ostracize myself to the BF dunce corner now
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