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Old 08-12-15 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FBinNY

Note, the chart is degrees above horizontal, for your purposes, consider it as above/below the roughly 17° angle of a 0/90° stem.

Reach will not be exactly as per the mirror image, but the difference isn't that big except with high angle stems.
I would recommend an angle adjustable stem, that way you can just experiment, without thinking too hard.

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