Originally Posted by Michel Gagnon
Mike, How wide are your handlebars? I think that's part of the problem -- or the solution.
Another way to do it is
this.
My bars are 43cm across the ends of the drops, center-to-center. The space between each brake lever and the stem is 18 cm.
Two stems? Interesting idea. With a short head tube and short stack above the headset, I'm not sure it would work in my case; but, it might.