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yes b4 i begin ive had a thread on this before, so still looking for a Hope coloured stem... my size is 31.8 .... 1/and one eight steerer size and worked out that my stem is 65-70mm lenght and 8 degrees rise.
not seen and 8 degrees rise on tinternet...only 10 degree rise....
never had a flat stem before always had a rise would i feel alot of difference in riding style if i opted for a no degree in rise ....i know its all down to rider preference n all that ... any advice 😉
Try it and see? If you have any spacers on your steerer tube you could always shim it up a bit if it's too low for you.
I always find all bikes are diffrent, so alway have to play around with the stem length, spacers and the rise on the bars. The angle of a stem can be easily made up with a spacer usually.
Try it and see if feels ok and tinker if needed.
As they say it aabout outtu=ing the bars in the correct place and you can achieve this in many ways
4 spaxcers under the stem and flat bars
4 spacers removed and risers with 10 degree stem etc
Personally I dont think you will notice the 2 degree rise difference
i have 3 spacers on it at the moment... where the hell wud i find a 7 degree rise anyway lol.....wud have to get a 10 rise then...really struggling to find a stem tho. why is it so difficult...hahah
not changing the bars at all tho cos they are carbon monkey lite and i like them....so just a stem change for me but realy struggling to get my size......
It isn't, you're over thinking it. 2 degrees is going to make sod all difference. If it does (or, more likely, you think it does, play around with bar height).
yes you are overthinking it
What you need to do is get the bars in the correct height and you can achieve this in many ways by altering the three factors - fork steere length, stem size/rise, bar size/rise
For example
Short fork steerer, massive anglkes stem and risers
Long steerer, some spacers and flat bars
Something inbetween these two extremes to get the bars to the height you want
but if I get it wrong I'm completely stuffed...I'm only 5ft small and if I get it wrong I will end up with back problems...so I need to get it as close to as I have it now.. 😉
2 degrees rise on a 70mm stem is only worth 2mm height difference ) Don't worry about it, if you do maybe get 2 x 2.5mm spacers and swap for a 5mm that's probably on the bike now, lets you drop it the same amount.
7 deg but 60 mm. adjusting saddle position and height will make a big difference too;)
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/stem-dhfr-truvativ-holzfeller-60mm-7deg-3181-18
I am probably missing something by suggesting you keep what you have? If it is a different bike is all the rest of the geometry exactly the same because you might be starting from scratch anyway.
That was probably redundant though so I will go with the, have you spoken to Hope? I bet their legendary customer service and easy ability took do one-off pieces would have you sorted in no time...