Originally Posted by
cyccommute
The stem length and bar length are completely unrelated. Stem length is related to the reach of the rider and the length of the top tube but not the width of the handlebar. Would you suggest a 40mm or 50mm stem for a 440mm road handlebar? I regularly run flat handlebars that are wider than 680mm and I wouldn't run a stem much longer than 130 because that's what fits my reach. As I said above, 780mm mountain bike handlebars are very common today and you won't find too many 150mm modern stems...like none. It's hard to find any over 130mm.
if stem length and bar width are unrelated
then why are so many people stating with certainty what stem should go with the ops bars
when all we know about the op or his bike or his bars is the width
i will be honest though
i made my answer up with no attempt at providing actual information
because the question was so comically vague
i felt it deserved a comically misguided answer
i thought at the time of adding a winky smiley
but thought better of it
as my advice was no better or worse than others
who also claimed to know an ideal stem length for a particular width of bars
the only thing i did that they did not
was to add a bogus justification for my answer