Originally Posted by Maelochs

You know ... I am not stupid, and I have seen a lot of troll threads here ... but I am also not so fragile in my ego that I will not risk looking stupid, on the off chance that I might actually help somebody.

From what I see, a Lot of posters here really need help.

Fib ... are you trying to change the angle of your bars, or the stem (the piece you pictured above)? Two totally different actions ... though if you move the stem, you might need to move the bars after anyway.

I strongly recommend going to YouTube and looking up whatever you want to do---YouTube has videos on everything from mining and smelting metal to drawing tubes to cutting and welding, .... about everything bike-related from starting with a handful of parts to having built a full bike.

Just search for what you need: "adjusting an adjustable stem," "adjusting handlebars" ... and there will be a bunch of videos---likely you will find one that works for you and your bike.

I ride a Dawes, and have an adjustable stem from a Dawes in some box in my garage. However ... I am too lazy to go look, and you will find what you need faster on YouTube anyway.

If you are a troll ... Well Done! Much better than what we have been getting lately.

As I said, I'd rather try to help and risk looking stupid, than risk alienating someone who wants help.

Or maybe I just like to try to show off how much I think I know and how many words I can type?

I have been taught that the greatest benefit of situations like this one, is that it shows you what is Really inside you---if you care to look, and depending on how deeply you look. These others can post whatever, I don't care. I can look at my responses to them and you and learn about myself, and learn my strengths and weaknesses ... and strengthen my strengths and remove my flaws (hopefully.)

Life is what happens whether we like it or not ... but our Internal lives are what we make of who we are as it intersects with what life throws at us. I don't know how many people on this site see "improvement" as anything more than "biking faster and longer," and/or "seeming more witty than others on the Web."

Threads like this, I can be better, come to know myself better, learn to treat others better. Whatever stimulus gets me there ... shouldn't I be grateful? Shouldn't I use it?

I might be damned slow on a bike, but if I can be honest with myself and others, kind and compassionate towards others, and tolerant of others' faults and flaws and petty attacks ... I really don't care how fast I ride.

Best I can do, as I understand things.