Originally Posted by james_swift
..the proprietary stem on the Friday in particular. I knew that if I wanted to dial-in my fit, I'd need to be able to freely play around with different stem lengths/rises, as well as have the freedom to move the stem up or down. You can't do that with a Friday.
Just to set the record straight, you don't have to purchase one of BF's proprietary stems (which is customized to fit YOU, by the way). You can request a straight bar and add your own neck and handlebars if you want to. But BF's stem looks better though.
Anyway, back to Swifts...