Yeah, it probably isnt a popular opinion around here.
I completely understand why they are used and totally understand comfort over aesthetics for priorities. We all come to the sport with different levels of fitness and limitations, so having components available to make the fit work is great- I just dont like the look of them.

Many dont like the look of my bikes though either because I'm on the taller side of things and often use a nitto dynamic II 90deg stem to get the bars up a bit higher.


Often I see frames that seem too small with technomic stems attached to get the bars up- that just seems like a poor fit overall. I would think a larger frame with a more traditional stem height would be better, but if the owner is happy, then cool.