I had a chance to do a longer ride today for the first time since I bought this. It was 55 and sunny two days before Christmas!

I did a 20 mile ride and I wish I had gone out sooner because I could easily have done 50 today, it just felt so good to ride. Let me just say that this stem makes riding my bike a much more enjoyable experience. While NYC roads aren't nearly as bad as you'd expect and are kept in decent repair, there are still a lot of places where there is bumpiness, whether from patched construction, markings, rumble strips, sidewalk cracks when you are on them, whatever. Having this stem in place just dampens it all, after 20 miles I just didn't feel anything. Big holes I avoid but I didn't need to avoid the rough patches the way I usually do. I just rode right through them. I'm just looking forward now to doing that 50 miler, and then 100, but alas it is winter and I don't think I'll be doing that for a while.