Originally Posted by
Camilo
After reading your post, I was wondering what it's called when you lengthen or shorten the stem length. I did know that reach vis a vis frame geometry is as you describe. So I looked it up. (to add ammo to my pedantry stock
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I guess what it's called, and what I was talking about, and what the OP was trying to do -s to change "handlebar reach"? Oh well.
The correct word does not matter substantively. what I need is a longer distance between my tush and my hands on the bars. The bars I am using are all the proper thickness for the stems that I am talking about. And the stem thicknesses are all the same. So compatibility is not an issue.
Thanks for all the ideas.I think I am going to take the whole schmutz to "ye olde bike shoppe," the one that has been around since back in the day, where they have done this before. Most stuff I can do myself. But this project is vexing.
Saul