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Old 06-22-20, 09:28 PM
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Chr0m0ly 
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I have a question?

I have a 24” Trek 720, It’s classic French fit for me, steering stem is about 80/90mm’s.

I’ve been trying out different stems on a 57cm Miyata 1000LT, and I think I’ve got a successful combo.

I notice that having the longer stem the Miyata puts my hands ahead of the axle on the front wheel. It makes the Miyata feel super stable going downhill. While on the Trek, my hands are behind the axle, and it is less stable downhill.

Is this just the different bikes overall geometries and not related to hand placement/stem length?

The Trek is also noticeable less rigid, and a different size. I want to be able to correctly attribute handling differences to the proper variables.



24” Trek, (59cm)




57cm with riser stem.
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