I like the size of my 54cm Rush Hour, but my hands have been getting a bit numb. I ride it as fixed, and was planning on taking off the rear brake and probably going to bullhorns with a small handbrake. But today, I realized that I should probably try a stem replacement that let's me adjust the angles of the bars a bit more too. If anyone has suggestions, please let me know. I mostly ride with my hands on the hoods, though I sometimes use drops in the wind.

Is it possible to tear out the back brake and still leave the lever/hood with no tension on the lever? If so, I might go the route of some ergo-drops.

Anyway - mostly I'm just curious about replacement stems; whatever is on the bianchi steel roadies looks nice

Thanks.

-vxla

edit: my seat is at the perfect height, so I don't want to lower it

yes you can do that. You could also remove the lever if it bothered you.

You stem is flipped up already right?

If you really want to experiment with bar position get a look ergo stem.

Well I wasn't thinking of shelling out that much cash for one I pretty much just want to change the angle of the bars, not turn them sideways and make a sandwich with them.

you don;t need a new stem then. Just loosen the clamp and rotate the bars to the desired angle(keeping the tops horizontal should lessen the pressure on nerves.)

If you want to play around with different bar positions/stem angles buy the look off ebay and sell it back when youa re done.

also, make sure your saddle is level, and not pointing down slightly.