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01-01-13 | 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaDogg

Thanks. I thought I read somewhere that large stacks of spacers above the stem can be bad. ..

They are bad, they look like crap, and can increase the risk of injury in a sensitive area if you crash. Whenever I see bikes set up that way I figure the owners already have as many children as they want.

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