Thread: Stem Length
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Old 05-19-09 | 09:33 AM
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I just wrote a big long thing and bikeforums ate it... but the gist was that 3T seems to measure by reach (flipped up) rather than extension like other stems. Angle decreases reach relative to extension so a 73 degree stem is going to have much more extension for the same "length" reach.
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