Do you have to run a spacer on top of your stem?

You too could be this cool….

No, I’m quite liking the grey stripe, I’m guessing it hides the hideousness.

Get your seat back and down and get some bars that aren’t as deep as the ocean…

Seat angle has been fixed, but it’s a weird saddle, and feels right even when it looks wrong (oo-er). Bars are all I have, unless you want to kindly donate some, but I think I will enjoy the drop, and get nice and low, as even fully slammed, the bars are still a little bit higher then I’d like. Also top tube is slightly longer then on my other road bike, so I slammed the seat forward. Haven’t really tested it yet, may change it.

Trek state that you must run a spacer on top of the stem on all carbon steerer road forks or no warrenty!

That’s probably where I’ve heard it then..

You too could be this cool….

Ummmm…

😆

I do understand your problem, but I’d always go longer rather than lower…

I’d like to go a little longer and lower, but that would mean new stems, which means money..

I’m running a 110mm stem at the moment, that I got for less then a fiver I think off CRC. It’s pretty flexy though. I’d kinda like 120mm, but think 130mm would be too much, I like the way it handles at the moment.

Oh, go on then..

Get on ebay, or go to Halfords, or go to olde worlde bike shop and try a longer stem; the longest I used was 140mm and I’m a little fat fella.

Or, put your seat down and back; it has a similar effect.

Putting it down would kill my knees, but yeah, maybe I could put it back a little.

That scott does look nice btw 😀

Just seen the photo. put the spacer that is on top of your stem underneath it;it will raise the bars by 10mm, but that is nothing in the grand scheme of things, and as you get older and less flexible it will pay off…

The grand scheme of things? Like the universe? It would make a massive difference. And it would look horrible. And I could never live with myself.

I really want something like this

Don’t think you can even run a spacer on top of those, so I’m guessing it would have to be safe. Also looks pretty stiff.