Originally Posted by
spclark
Maybe safer too! That first pic has the stem rather suspiciously high for where the minimum insertion line ought to be showing!
You might suspect the same of mine, but it's in plenty far. Technomic makes some very tall stems.
A longer Technomic would have given the same position to the OP, resulting in the same positive change in steering feel, less twitchy, more swoopy, but with a different look.
It is amazing how much difference a stem can make!