Originally Posted by snowy
I don't understand why some of you told Kirke to flip her stem??? What is the reasoning behind this and if its so important why don't they do that when you purchase your bike??
It was me -- I did it. It was a joke in refrence to all the "flip your stem" posts in other threads. That being said, a lot of it is asthetics but it also has to do with riding the bike the way it was designed to be ridden -- in an aero position. The irony is that people get bikes with small frames for aesthetic reasons --show more seat post and not offend the seat post police -- and then wind up flipping the stem so they can reach the hoods, thus offending the stem police.