Originally Posted by
Campag4life
its ok.
basically what you are doing is creating your own version of an endurance bike sized 57 or so in reach and 59 in height. There is a reason they are so popular. For a given reach, many prefer a taller head tube to increase handlebar height based upon lack of flexibility and ride in a more upright position.
Yeap. They are probably popular among those many who don't know that race configuration can really hurt. Such configuration can be found without the need to radically cut the stem, but most of us don't know how to search for them when they buy. Like me.