Steered Thingy

[EigerSA]

Hi all. I want to raise the height of the handles bars a tad since after a two hour ride I want to cry thanks to back pain! Is it easy to just add a spacer to the steerer Is there a certain distance you can't go past? Any help would be appreciated since I want to do this tonight so I can ride tomorrow (hopefully without pain!).

[AndreZA]

Cou can't raise the handlebars via the stem if you do not have any more tubing on the steerer. What you can do it try a raiser bar or an adjustable stem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[EigerSA]

Ahhh... ok thanks. One more thing, can the steerer part be extended somehow? Or is it a case of what there is is what there is?

[TNT1]

 

can't extend the fork steerer.

TNT12009-04-21 07:43:41

[EigerSA]

Ok thanks all

[Barend de Arend]

Different forks have different limits.

 

Carbon forks frequently won't let you add more than a few cm of spacers.  Check your fork manual.

 

Some forks require at least 1cm of spacers *above* the stem.  Check your fork manual.

 

You can't raise the stem so that the steerer is only part-way in the stem.

 

You *can* flip almost all stems so they point upwards, instead of horizontal.

 

 

[AndreZA]

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you can either have the tube replaced or use a extended from BBB BHP-21 Extender or a very steep or adjusted stem as mentioned. BBB stems

[Marius]

You can get a stem with a more hectic angle ointing upwards, looks a bit dorky but can work. I hope you talking about your Mtb now. If you using Flat bars you can get a few mm's rotating it it bit since all Flat bars have a slight curve, I did that with myne, works great. If there is spacers left on top of the stem, take them off and place them under the stem for to gain height also.

[EigerSA]

Thanks for everyone's advice. Think 'll just leave well enough alone for now in case I break something.

 

[Matchstix]

If you have 2 bolts on the stemyou can raise the stem so that the steerer is just aove the centre of the top bolt. .  just check if the stem is clamping on all the sufaces on the inside.