Originally Posted by
Kzoo1
I have purchased a 120mm stem riser and plan to also purchase a 80 or possibly a 95mm adjustable stem which I will reverse and position it on the stem riser up or down and angle the adjustable stem to tune in the reach and height. Butterfly bars will be adjusted up or down also. Turning the bike 20 degrees left or right with stem forward or backwards will still be 20 degrees. I think its where your center of gravity is that counts the most. I care more about how it feels more then how it looks. All comments are appreciated and once I'm on the road and have put some milage in I'll get back here to post. Being in Michigan, it may be a little while though!
You do realize that installing the bars behind the stem will move them back double the distance of the length of the stem. If you have say, a 70mm stem, turning it around will move the bars back by 140 mm.If you have a 70 mm stem and you replace it with an 80 mm stem turned backwards your bars will move towards you by 6 inches. You might well end up with your knees hitting the handlebars. My take is that you need a much shorter stem, something like a BMX stem. If you want the handgrips to be higher, you can simply adjust the angle of the bars. Your bike was simply never designed to be set up the way you want to do it