Old 06-03-13 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
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But really, the distance from where your hands go to the center of your steerer isn't changed very much by stem length.
Unless of course you're a stem hugging hipster. Then yes, stem sizes probably change the way the bike handles if you steer the bike with the stem.
A change in stem length changes the weight distribution between the front and rear wheel which can change the way a bike handles.
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