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10-02-12 | 09:28 AM

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Phil_gretz

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From: Fair Oaks Ranch, TX

Bikes: '13 Motobecane Fantom29 HT, '16 Motobecane Turino Pro Disc, '18 Velobuild VB-R-022, '21 Tsunami SNM-100

Wow. I've looked at the product description, and it appears that they wanted to offer a foot-down ability for the casual rider. Okay.

Why not flip the stem backwards? The steering will feel different, but anyone can learn to handle a bike with that reversed setup. It would gain you (it appears) a minimum of 7 centimeters of reach reduction. You'll have to remove one side of the levers/grip so that you can slide the bar out. Flip stem and re-install everything as before.

I'd give it a shot. PG

Last edited by Phil_gretz; 10-02-12 at 09:34 AM. Reason: spelling

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