Quote Originally Posted by Mr. SR500 View Post
You can flip the Bontrager stem either way (it's a beauty). But I would hold off on cutting your steerer until you have your fitting, until then you can simply stack spacers on top of the stem. I think you need to at least use one spacer (2.5 mm), but that with a 17 degree stem (may need a different stem) flipped down sill give you the most seat to bar drop. The top of the headtube on the new Madones is 30 mm higher then previous models, unless you go with the "Pro", but I'm not sure if you can get a Pro in a WSD. A smaller frame can also give you some more drop, but you made need the taller seat post cap and a longer stem.

P.S. Why not get the fit on the Madone rather then your current bike?
Thank you for all of that advice. I was definitely going to wait in cutting the steerer tube.

I'm going to wait to fit the Madone because I just figured it would be easier to dial in on my current fit that I've had for the past year on my other bike. But now that I think about it more, I guess it really doesn't make too much of a difference? I just went back and re-read the email I got back from our team's coach (who's going to be doing the fitting) and he suggested waiting to fit the new bike so we know bar, stem, etc. to build on the new one. But the more I think about it, it wouldn't really matter because the geometries are so different, it wouldn't be possible to use the exact same stem or whatever between both bikes. Right?

Hmmmmm.......