Originally Posted by dwing

The OP rotated the bars down, to get the bars in a better "feel" position (ie; more parallel to ground)...albeit it felt too far away.

..which can also be achieved by flipping the stem while also keeping a nice looking line from stem thru top of bars and top of hoods that many posters in this forum appreciate including myself..

It might end up actually feeling better with the flipped stem and using shorter stem would be an option. I didn't see anything about "saddle to bar drop". Flipping the stem and keeping the straight lines looks way cooler.