Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 19,353
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From: Rochester, NY
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
I'll usually suggest about 1cm more steerer then what takes to get a nice fit. Use spacers above the stem as needed. After a long time some might take that cm off but two of my bikes still have that 1cm stack above the stem and about 10,000 collective miles. I can't say that any of those miles were hampered by the extra steerer and spacers. Andy