Originally Posted by biciklanto

Because I'm in flagrant violation of Rule 45, I've decided it's time to lower my stem. I have 3CM of spacers underneath and none above, which is sacrilege in mind, body, and deed. I've been working on flexibility and have been putting in pretty decent distance, so I think physically I am ready for the next step.

But how do I know? And how fast do I go? And what's the deal with cutting the steerer? I'd be happy dropping my stem 2.5CM, leaving 5mm under and 5mm over, but is that too much of a change? (I'm talking about an endurance road bike with a fairly healthy stack, for what it's worth. Dropping that much and it'd still probably be as high as its CAAD10 brother. I just don't want to rock the boat.) And is it better to leave the steerer uncut to start out with?

BikeForums, help me.