Originally Posted by
rruff
The "correct" stem length is whatever you need to get the bars in the right place. "Ideal" stem lengths are nothing but fashion statements... it won't effect the handling in any appreciable way.
+1
I worked part-time in the men's department of a retail store while I was in college. I would always measure customers for shirts, slacks and suits and one minute I could have a customer that was 5'10" with a 35" shirt sleeve length and the next a guy that was also 5'10" but with a 33" or 34” shirt length. There just can't be one standard that fits everyone.
This is also why golf clubs are fitted by measuring the person's fingers to the floor and not just the person's overall height