Originally Posted by bostontrevor

Yup, nothing is going to look good, but there are lots of threadless risers with an insane amount of rise for the comfort bike market. Like this one:

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=



Given the amount of rise he wants in the stem, I don't think a threaded steerer would work. But changing up the headset and getting a 1" threadless fork with a nice long tube could be just the trick.