[Closed] Inverting your stem.

haha! to make the bars lower???

but doesnt it look odd with a downward sloping stem?

for optimum results use a riser bar.

Fashion is more important than correct riding position.

You have to use bar ends too if you invert the stem 😆

I read the title as 'inserting your stem'.

for optimum results use a riser bar.

With lots of headset spacers, so it really achieves nothing!

All depends.

No benefits as such, it's just about getting the bars in the right place.

Here's my Swift - with a flat bar and anything other than a negative rise stem, it's too high at the front
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Here's my Enduro - in this pic, the stem is the right way round but I actually rode it with the stem inverted because that put the (riser) bars in the right place - I could have fitted a flat stem or flat bars but I didn't have them to hand so just stuck with what I had...
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steve_b77 - Member
You have to use bar ends too if you invert the stem

Yay!

I run an inverted 60m stem with 760mm wide 'flat' nuke proof bars.

Don't knock it untill you've tried it, it feels wierd when you first throw a leg over it as the bars are even lower than a road bike. But as soon as you get onto some singletrack the extra weight on the front gives massively more grip and you really do stop noticeing the wierdness of it.

Guess you need long hamstrings though, I can get my palms flat on the foor without bending my knees, otherwise its a recipie for lower back problems. I'm ok on it for about 3-4 hours before I get any back pain, and thats probably as much due to a stiff frame as it is the riding position.

Try it, no need to wory about the fasion police, just remove spacers and invert your stem and see how it feels. I did and the next day ordered a shorter stem and flat bars and will probably never look back!

I may try it, been getting some lower back pain on climbs and been thinking my bars may be too high.

getting some lower back pain on climbs and been thinking my bars may be too high.

Also check your saddle height - I spent ages trying to figure out why I was in agony from lower back pain when riding and it turned out the seat post had slipped by 15mm or so. Was enough for my hips to be rocking without noticing it. Put it back up and all was well.