Originally Posted by bicybike

Hi!

I recently finished building a bike that I love, but that upon completion I realized I had set up just a bit too long for me, and was finishing my rides with significant upper back pain. Ive currently got a 10 cm nitto dirtdrop stem, and I decided to fix the problem with a 5 cm nitto techmonic. However, once the techmonic arrived I realized by holding it up next to the current stem that while it will move the bars backward about an inch and a quarter, it will also drop them about an inch and a quarter lower, from just above the saddle height to just below it. This feels a bit like creating a new problem to solve my first problem. Does anyone have any alternative stem suggestions? Or should i just accept the lower/closer trade-off? I already have my seat shoved as far forward as it will go without turning the set-back post around backward.

Thanks!