Originally Posted by sandra
How does a stem get flipped? I'm trying to visualize. Do you mean turning it around so the extension comes toward you rather than pointing forward? That seems like it would bring your bars a little closer--am I envisioning the right thing? I ask because I could stand for my bars to be a tiny bit closer to me but have already got the tallest stem with shortest extension possible.
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08-02-2007, 08:48 AM #1
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08-02-2007, 08:52 AM #2
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yes. It only changes them a little bit, but I think it was perfect for me. The stem points up rather than down now which brought it closer to me.
You may want to read here. We discussed it somewhere in this thread.
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08-02-2007, 10:39 AM #3
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Hey - I forgot to ask, what color is your Trek?
This is mine: http://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/2006...areduotone.jpg
I love the colors! DH got a moutain bike in the same color scheme..
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08-02-2007, 11:19 AM #4
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Sandra, if he doesn't want to change you could treat your rides with him as active recovery rides...
A slow training ride for my partner is about 27kph... that speed pushes me above active recovery and into reasonable training (he races with a low 40 average, I race just above 30kph average).
So he always has to ride slow when he rides with me... and that works for both of us, we just don't do all rides together, because I just could not keep up.
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08-02-2007, 01:50 PM #5
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Here's mine.
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08-02-2007, 06:21 PM #6
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The other option is to have a steerer tube extender added to whatever road bike DH picks out. I was having neck/shoulder issues so my fitter installed one on my bike, which brought the bars just a bit above level with the saddle. Even if his problem is lower back, it might be worth trying.
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