MTB stem questions..

[KDEE]

So my GT secondhand/bought from the hub, donated by kind souls has been built and I rode it this weekend. Very chuffed what I got fro 2k all in.

 

Now for the advice part.

 

Have a shorter stem and low rise bar ( thanks slowpoke ) than on my previous frame as I need to ride a little more relaxed. ( I have long since accepted that I will never be a marathon/Epic racer rider ) as the flatter postion was killing my neck.

 

Am still feeling that my bars/stem are too low. Rode my mates bike, almopst identical geometry and size frame and it was much better. He has 2 large and 2 smaller spacers under his stem.

 

My fork was tweede hands and as such the steerer was cut. Can only really get one small spacer under the stem.

 

So question is, would a stem with more degree rise help matters? Would it be the same as having more spacers or would the handling be affected? Twitchy etc?

 

Advice most appreciated

 

 

[Johan Bornman]

It is only the end point of these things that matters. This goes for stems forks and the like. If you put a higher rise stem on there and you arrive at the same point in space, you'll have everything else the same.

 

That's why Pinarallo gets away with that crazy zig-zag fork of theirs. The end point and result is the same.

 

Yes, a different stem would help. No, there will be no handling difference.

[KDEE]

Thanks Johan, most appreciated.

[wendfan]

I have a stem with a high rise laying somewhere in my garage if you are intrested...