Originally Posted by rower2cyclist

If people can ride (&win) grand tours with stems like this on their bikes why can't you. It will look ugly for sure and that's the price you'll probably have to pay for buying a bike without doing proper due diligence. I just looked on Trek website and saw the stack difference between H1 and H2 is enormous.

I like the idea of swapping handlebars with ones with shorter reach too. That seems like the lowest hanging fruit without going to more extreme stem angles.

You also said "I feel fine on the drops, just not on the hoods for long." I mean if you have the flexibility to ride comfortably on the drops maybe you should work on your core and general flexibility.

No matter what enjoy riding this sweet a** bike. 2021 will be N+1 year for me and I am already going back and forth between Emonda and Tarmac. We'll see...