Originally Posted by
70sSanO
Your case is not cut and dry. You are riding an XL hybrid frame and the bars feel too close. In addition to wanting to move the bars further away, you also want to raise them.
It might be worth your while to talk to a good fitter since a Trek hybrid shouldn’t feel twitchy and I don’t think just swapping a stem is going to be the cure.
John
Thanks for the feedback, John. To elaborate on my comment about the "twitchiness", What I was asking for was "Is a stem of the proportions I suggested going to exacerbate the "twitchiness", or introduce other control problems that weren't present before?
I can certainly take my bike to a fitter to get a better opinion. I was hoping somebody on BF had a similar experience, perhaps. Thank you for the feedback.