Thread: What bike stem to buy?
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Old 10-29-14 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by cny-bikeman
Moving the seat fore-aft (and especially forward) is not an advisable way to adjust reach. Too forward position can cause knee problems.
Depends. This is a mountain bike. OP only wants 1 cm closer. We can't assume the seat is in the ideal position currently.

My guess is it's for casual riding around, and I doubt knee injury will result in this situation. Correct seat height is more important.
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