Madone 6.5 WSD

[HillSlugger]

Another option to get the bars lower is to use a stem that angles downwards.

Can you flip the stem that's on there so that it angles downward?

Congrats on a beautiful new bike!

[Triskeliongirl]

Can you flip the stem that's on there so that it angles downward?

Congrats on a beautiful new bike!

That's what I meant, although whether it will help depends on how much rise it has. But, that is my suggestion, pick a stem w appropriate 'rise' but turn that rise into a decline by flipping it upside down. But then she may not like how it looks, which is why the option of using a stem that is longer but without rise may do the trick. The idea is to keep the distance from the tip of the saddle to the start of the brake levers the same on both bikes (assuming same saddle and STA), and then the reach will match.

[equus123]

That's what I meant, although whether it will help depends on how much rise it has. But, that is my suggestion, pick a stem w appropriate 'rise' but turn that rise into a decline by flipping it upside down. But then she may not like how it looks, which is why the option of using a stem that is longer but without rise may do the trick. The idea is to keep the distance from the tip of the saddle to the start of the brake levers the same on both bikes (assuming same saddle and STA), and then the reach will match.

I'm actually not sure if this stem can be flipped. I've looked everywhere online about it, but it doesn't say. And Bontrager's website doesn't help either. Whenever I take the bike into my LBS to get the steerer tube shaved down a bit, I'll also ask about this stem.

I'm having a professional fit done some time in Feb with my current bike. Then I'll go again and have that fit replicated on the Madone. Because right now, the Madone is WAY off and not fitted at all. I don't want to waste my time having an interim fit done on the Madone and then the professional one done.

But actually what I meant by not being able to lower my bars is that the combination of risers + the stem's height are greater than 10mm. I have a few tiny spacers and then 2 or 3 10mm ones. So the only combination this works is if the stem goes on last because it's height is greater than the 10mm difference between the top of the steerer tube and the top of the spacers+stem group. I hope that makes sense.

Even in trimming the steerer tube at the bike shop and putting the stem beneath any spacers, I still may need a +/- 17 stem to get my bars low enough to match the offset on my current bike. The head tube on my Cannondale measures 11.5 whereas the Madone WSD's is 14.5. That's why it seems like I'm trying to get my bars as low as possible but it's also because the head tube is quite a bit taller.



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