Originally Posted by
BikeDork02
Notice that many of the pros use a long stem on the smaller bike than you or I would use. The trick for us is to find the happy medium between comfort and performance.
i was on a ride with one of the healthnet guys, and damn, his stem looked like it was a 140 (probably only a 130, though). Really, really long looking as compared to my bike.
I ride a L giant, with a 90mm stem (flipped up) sitting on a stack of spacers, and I still have 4-6 inches of drop