You've sceen them break! That sucks. Yea I did'nt really meen the feel of it so much the look. It draws a nice straight line over the front wheel. Purely cosmetic. I guess I just like the bars up high and the break hoods too. I pretty much cannot go anywhere around here without climbing mountains and that seems most comfortable. But really my intension is to start off High and move down as I get used to the bike. So sounds like I will most definatlly flip the stem over and drop it down. With the stem in it's up angle position I only need 1 cm to be set up well so maby I will have 2 cm below so that after 3 or 4 hundred miles I can drop one down and put one on top. Is it ok to have spacers on top of the stem.

Thanks for the advice.