Originally Posted by
speedevil
The Nitto Technomic is tall at 225mm for 25.4mm bars. The Nitto Dynamic is 150mm tall, but it is for 26mm bars. The Nitto NTC-150 stem is for 25.4 bars, but is not as tall as the Technomic, by 75mm. Also the Nitto Pearl is 150mm tall, and available for 25.4 or 26mm bars - also available in black - I picked one up from Ben's Cycle a couple of months ago.
Nitto stems are very nicely finished, the Pearl is probably the best finished of the bunch. Hard to go wrong.
And the Technomic Deluxe is 190 mm. I prefer those over Technomic, but then I ride a smaller frame. With a standard Technomic, even bottomed-out, I still find it too tall. Ymmv.