Originally Posted by Longfemur

Think about it... if it's already bottoming out, you aren't going to get any more insertion if you cut it down, will you? You will still have the same limited head tube length. The min insertion mark will then be down into the headset, but you will still have the same length of stem in there anyway, so there will really be no change except to how high your handlebars are. It would just be wasted time and effort.

Your problem is that you are using a wedge type stem in a short head tube. Some of that insertion length is taken up by the wedge itself. It doesn't usually matter, but it can if your frame is small and is butted in a way that prevents the stem from going all the way in (ie. it bottoms out too early). What you need is to get a more classic stem that has a cone instead of a wedge. That should fit fine.

Of course, you wouldn't get your bars as high as you can with the Technomic, but those very high stems look and ride goofy anyway -- only useful for refusenicks who just won't accept that a classic road bike position is the best way to ride both efficiently and comfortably in the long run, unless maybe you're a Copenhagen Girl in high heels.