Originally Posted by
calstar
Not my bike but yes it was purchased new, looks like next frame size up have been a better choice. I'm not sure whether or not the salesperson knew anything about the subject, wouldn't be unusual if not given the expertise of some shop employees. And yes I'm asking because I don't know much about cf forks but I'm not representing a shop or selling bikes.
I might look a little odd because more aero spacers used on the newer higher end bikes have become common. And because we see that often then the skinnier round ones look odd to us now. Even my Tarmac SL6 was a low mid tier model with round spacers looks a little odd to me today.
IIRC the SWorks version of the same bike had aero shaped spacers. ( nope, the pic's I just googled looks like round spacer. )
New bikes will have the stem at it's max height. If the owner desires, then the stem can be lowered. However that might or might not be simply taking a spacer from below and putting it on top depending on what Trek uses for a expansion plug and the depth it's set in the steerer tube,
But lowering the stem on my Tarmac, while helping me get the body position I wanted, also helped keep it from looking like the cartoon goose that someone stepped on it's foot.