Originally Posted by
perfectionista
of course.... when the stem is stacked onto of piles of spacers it looks plain ugly to me. The pillar that looks like a giraffes neck looks like you've bought the wrong frame geo. Also its even more ugly with the stem placed in middle or slammed to the bottom with a spacers stacked above it, the stump it leaves sticking out hurts my eyes. The the day i bought my bike i removed all but one small spacer and took a hacksaw to the head tube. Much happier.
Agreed. I am having trouble getting comfortable on my bike. I need the stem to be about an inch or so higher. Like many, I really prefer the look of a slammed stem with a negative rise, but t my neck doesn't agree. I'd rather feel good than look good.