Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Roberta - yes, I’ll be the happiest for sure! “Joyously upright.” 

Mas - I don’t know about all that. I just like not having to lean forward or 
have weight on my hands. I’ve heard it called “Sit up and beg” position, but my 
husband said, “No, it’s the seated command position.” 🤣🤣🤣

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[masmojo]

Leah, it strikes me that what you're going for is what bikies call "a 
strandie". Which is a rather loose description, but basically boils down to a 
Cruiser with tall or wide & tall handlebars.
It's a common term in different coastal regions, but regionally the execution 
is a big different.
Most of the ones I've seen on the Gulf Coast (Galveston,  New Orleans) have 
high rise stingray handlebars, while on the West coast they seem to go for wide 
long bars with ends that poke up in the air.
Type Strandie in Google and you get a hodgepodge.

https://images.app.goo.gl/K6zDVttyyZSpPJYr8

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Roberta]

You will be the happiest upright bicycle rider in Nevada. That is a beautiful 
tall/short stem.  

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bernard]

I think the seattube on my 45cm Clem L is shorter than your stem 😁

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Miles and miles of stem...as far as the eye can see. 🤣


On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 10:19:47 AM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding 
Ding! wrote:
>
> I love this photo and your story so much - you gals are SISTER GOALS. It’s 
> so great. 
>
> I don’t think you have superfluous Rivs at ALL. In fact, Roberta and I 
> were chatting about this thread and we were saying how we thought your 
> Rivendells were perfectly chosen for their respective functions. I would 
> love to have your fellowship of Rivendells; and how nice that you have one 
> you can use when you see your family. You only run the risk of your sister 
> stealing your Leo - just like when we were all kids and stealing from our 
> sisters’ closets. It’s a forgivable offense, but just barely. I’m so glad 
> you were able to get both the RBW blue and the chameleon green in your 
> bikes; those colors just call to a person, you know? 
>
> And finally, here is a photo of my sister and me (from her visit a week 
> ago) on Clems - #sisterclems. 
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Weston Hein]

It looks like Soma has the extra long Technomic (280mm) in the same 50mm 
reach as Leah's stem with a 25.4 clamp. A little on the steep side but I'd 
say worth the piece of mind!

https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/product/nitto-stem-technomic-quill-280mm-xl-25-4mm-4096?category=817


On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:04:32 AM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote:
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> Laing, can you find a link for that?

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Dorothy C]

Joe, 
I think it is more the issue of having enough hand strength to get the cables 
snug enough. I live a mile from a bike shop with a great retrogrouch type bike 
mechanic, and he always loves working on my bikes. 
Leah, 
The silver 2 shifters are really smooth and a nice ergonomic shape. My Cheviot 
is a 2019, so I believe it is the same color as your Clem. 
I have learnt bike stuff from online videos mostly, typically from the youtube 
channels Park Tool and Made Good bikes. Riv have some videos under the articles 
tab, especially page 5, the earliest ones. I also hunt down bike books written 
by women, like Elly Blue and Amy Walker. 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bernard]

Dorothy,
I'm using one Silver2 bar-end on my Clem L and love it. One excellent thing 
about friction shifters is once you have them shifting across the whole rear 
cassette and front chainrings, you're done. There's no clicks to dial in just 
right so I suspect your LBS is going tell you, "You don't need our help." 🙂 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Dorothy C]

In my case it has been a process towards becoming more willing to do stuff on 
my bike. A couple of years ago, I was still having my wife put air in my tires, 
whereas last night I changed my Cheviot from Choconorm handlebars and Sunrace 
thumbies to Albatross bars and Silver bar end mounts and the new Silver 2 
shifters that I bought back in November. I have the new shifter cables dialed 
in enough to ride, and I will swing it by the bike shop to have them check the 
shifting.  
I still will buy the Silver 2 thumb mounts when they get here, but they will be 
for my Bullmoosed Appaloosa.

I was commenting to my wife last night that I am much more confident and 
patient with the bike now, mostly because Rivs are so nice to work on and I am 
not so scared I am going to make the bike unrideable. Of course, having back up 
bikes helps too, haha.

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Edwin W]

My advice: put it at the safe height and ride it for a month. If you don’t get 
used to it, well your month wasn’t perfect, but a month is a short time in 
life, I hope! Then you will really know you need a taller one!
Good luck!

Edwin, who doesn’t like to change cockpits more than every couple thousand 
miles. 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

I’m really looking forward to hearing how it turns out for you! We’ll make sure 
to put our heads together on this thread when we’ve both got our new stems. And 
like I said earlier, you can get yours from Rivendell if you like!

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> On Jan 23, 2020, at 5:45 PM, aeroperf  wrote:
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> 
> 
> And thank you for this thread.  My Homer's stem looked exactly like Leah's 
> photo, and I just ordered the longer one from Soma.
> The 51 frame is too small and I may yet get a different one, but at least now 
> I'll be able to ride without destroying the steerer tube.
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bernard]

I think you should get the tall stem that SOMA was offering. Ok I know you've 
already decided this, but I wanted to give my advice, too! 🙃

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[masmojo]

Maybe you could just get your Clementine repainted!?

Might be cheaper/easier!

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

You may well be right, Mas. 

I called Rivendell and I asked about the Nitto 280 mm quill. They had never 
heard of it so I sent them Soma’s link. Riv’s newsletter today told of a hefty 
bill they have coming so I asked if Rivendell could get this stem and take my 
order, and does it even help. They can! It does! 

So, I guess I’m going to spring for this ridiculously expensive stem and see if 
I can finally put #stemsonclems to rest.

It isn’t like my fit is so off on this bike - it’s just that every single time 
I ride it I think, I wish I could sit back a little. If these bars were just a 
bit higher I’d have no tension in my arms. I can get them there if I ignore the 
perils of the Max Height Line, but you all have scared me out of doing THAT. 
It’s close - it really is, and maybe I’m poised to make my situation worse in 
this pursuit of perfection. 

I know that perfect is the sworn enemy of good. Or however that saying goes - 
you know what I mean.

I guess we’ll see. Thanks for all the help!
Leah

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> On Jan 23, 2020, at 4:00 PM, masmojo  wrote:
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> Leah, I think you are more or less at the limit; could you get the bars 
> higher or closer? Yeah, but reasonably how much difference would it make & at 
> what cost.
> 
> Honestly, I think you'll get a more effective upper body workout with the 
> bars lower and pushing & pulling the bars towards and away from you with your 
> body more or less over the bars. 
> 
> Did that make sense?
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[masmojo]

Leah, I think you are more or less at the limit; could you get the bars higher 
or closer? Yeah, but reasonably how much difference would it make & at what 
cost.

Honestly, I think you'll get a more effective upper body workout with the bars 
lower and pushing & pulling the bars towards and away from you with your body 
more or less over the bars. 

Did that make sense?

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[tc]

Keep in mind that swapping out your current 5cm stem for an Analog 
"Tanglefoort w(Right)" 0cm stem I mentioned above gets the bars 2" closer 
to you.  So, you might not need your bar any higher at that point.  The 
w(Right) stem has a 225mm shaft height, so, though I'm not sure of its max 
height line (you should ask them how high it can safely go), you could 
hopefully get them up at least as high as your current stem.  I don't think 
there's another option for you stem-wise...I mean, 0mm is pretty much the 
shortest :)

Now, handlebar-wise, you DO have more options to get your grip higher than 
even a Bosco.  Search for "Cruiser" handlebars.  Nitto, Wald, Trek/Electra, 
Sunlite, and other companies make a wide variety of "sit up and beg" bars.

Tom

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[lconley]

Soma evidently has the 280 length, 50 extension, 25.4 diameter in stock - 
over 2 extra inches of height! I vote go for that. 

Laing

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 4:33:39 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
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> Maybe I’m being unreasonable. If they don’t really make stems this high 
> and we know my bike already has a high head tube, maybe it’s not you it’s 
> me, you know? 
>
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> > On Jan 23, 2020, at 1:30 PM, Joe Bernard  > wrote: 
> > 
> > The 8cm DirtDrop has 186mm rise above the Max Height line. I don't 
> believe this will give her any more height than her Tallux. 
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

Maybe I’m being unreasonable. If they don’t really make stems this high and we 
know my bike already has a high head tube, maybe it’s not you it’s me, you know?

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> The 8cm DirtDrop has 186mm rise above the Max Height line. I don't believe 
> this will give her any more height than her Tallux. 
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Dorothy C]

How about a dirt drop? You would need the 25.4 clamp version for mountain bike 
style bars. 
https://www.rivbike.com/collections/stems/products/nitto-dirt-drop-26-0-8cm-or-10cm?variant=17940575027311

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Mark Roland]

https://www.modernbike.com/nitto-mt-10-long-quill-stem-25.4-35d-x-80-silver

this should be able to go higher than your current stem, since the extension 
itself also rises. The effective reach will probably be around the 50mm point 
of your current stem. 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

I am in agreement. You guys have all said the same thing which is “DON’T DO 
THAT!” 

Knowing the risk, I’ll gladly buy the new taller stem.. if it exists!  I don’t 
want to be injured (again). It turns out I’m not good at that. 🤷‍♀️ 

Where do you find one? My cursory searches yielded nothing.

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> It might be fine but it might not. Is it worth the risk? Stem failures can 
> be dangerous depending on the how and when of it. I'd buy the longer stem and 
> do it right to eliminate the risk and so it would be done right. Your 
> beautiful bike deserves it! 
> 
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

['Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Leah: "So with all the standing I do (because I (erroneously?) believe it 
gives me an upper body workout as I pull on the bars up giant hills, this 
is a risky thing, huh?"

Arm and core work happens to varying degrees with every pedal stroke. The 
more you pull up on the bars in opposition to you pedal stroke down, the 
greater the arm work out. Ideally, all motion (legs and arms) initiates in 
your core (because of modern chairs et al, core muscles tend to be fairly 
weak), the idea being that big work should be done with big muscles, then 
attenuated through small muscles (hips, legs, feet) in finer gratiation of 
application and finesse. Your core can't push the pedals, that's what feet 
are fore, but it can initiate the engery push through the hips, to the 
legs, to the feet, each of which refines and applies that power along the 
way until it goes into a pedal traveling in a circle.

None of this is dependent on standing, though applying power through a 
high, parallel handlebar, such as Bosco, is made far easier standing than 
sitting (as opposed to a more perpendicular bar, such as bullmoose, that 
make sitting power strokes very easy.

All of which is to say you may want to play (within the limits of your 
current stem) some more before trying for a taller stem. Enjoy!

With abandon,
Patrick 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Christopher Murray]

It might be fine but it might not. Is it worth the risk? Stem failures can be 
dangerous depending on the how and when of it. I'd buy the longer stem and do 
it right to eliminate the risk and so it would be done right. Your beautiful 
bike deserves it! 

Chris 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[lconley]

Bike Touring News has a 90 extension with 26.0 bars.

Alex's Cycle in Japan says 50 extension with 25.4 bars.$59 plus shipping

Rivendell can probably order one.

Laing

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 2:04:32 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote:

> Laing, can you find a link for that?

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Garth]

Okay smartypants  ahahahahahahha  !!! 

..what do you suppose the "min. insertion" line is there for in the 
first place ? 


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wrote:

> I say...
>
> “You better share your recipe. You owe me, kid.”
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bernard]

Laing, can you find a link for that?

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bernard]

Yes it will get you injured. Which you already did this week so no more 
injuries for you! 

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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Joe Bunik]

The problem is with the location where the expander-bolt now falls
within the steerer -- IF it's in the threaded section, its force is
creating a stress riser which gets amplified every time you hit bump.

One of the Bruce Gordon frames I salvaged had this fate befall it,
clearly a too-high stem had tore through the steerer. Somebody
probably regretted that immediately!

=- Joe Bunik
Walnut Creek, CA

On 1/23/20, Leah Peterson  wrote:
> So with all the standing I do (because I (erroneously?) believe it gives me
> an upper body workout as I pull on the bars up giant hills, this is a risky
> thing, huh?
>
> What does a person do if she wants higher bars? Or should I just try to
> adapt to what I have?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:21 AM, lconley  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> The fork steerer tube is weakest at the threads, When you go above the
>> minimum insertion line of the stem, you run the risk of the expander at
>> the bottom of the stem putting pressure on the weaker threaded part of the
>> stem instead of the stronger smooth part of the stem. The steerer tube
>> could then break at the threaded section and the handlebars and stem would
>> no longer be able to steer the bike. Also, if you the lifted the bike, the
>> fork might drop out of the frame. Never seen it happen, but those are the
>> dangers.
>>
>> Laing
>> Delray Beach, FL
>>
>>
>>> On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 1:11:39 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding
>>> Ding! wrote:
>>> It’s the stem chronicles, with Leah Peterson. Are you sick of it? I’m
>>> sick of it.
>>>
>>> There is nothing wrong with my new Clem L.; it’s turning out to be a real
>>> joy that has made me very happy.  I’ve settled in on it, save for one
>>> small thing. I want the bars just a hair higher and closer. I had them at
>>> max height, and today I upped them a bit more. See photo. The stem is a
>>> Nitto 50 mm and 225 high. I have Bosco bars.
>>>
>>> What I want to know is, what horrors might befall me for disobeying the
>>> max height line?
>>>
>>> If I don’t have to swap out the stem that would be awesome. I’m tired of
>>> that game, and if you would just tell me everything will be fine with my
>>> current adjustment that would be fantastic. This is what I’m hoping for,
>>> folks, but give it to me straight. And can I raise it a smidge more? 😬
>>>
>>> I like ‘em close and I like ‘em high,
>>> Leah
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[lconley]

Nitto makes a 280 extra tall Technomic, supposedly available as short as 70 
extension. 

Laing

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 1:33:40 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:

> So with all the standing I do (because I (erroneously?) believe it gives 
> me an upper body workout as I pull on the bars up giant hills, this is a 
> risky thing, huh? 
>
> What does a person do if she wants higher bars? Or should I just try to 
> adapt to what I have? 
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:21 AM, lconley > 
> wrote:
>
> 
> The fork steerer tube is weakest at the threads, When you go above the 
> minimum insertion line of the stem, you run the risk of the expander at the 
> bottom of the stem putting pressure on the weaker threaded part of the stem 
> instead of the stronger smooth part of the stem. The steerer tube could 
> then break at the threaded section and the handlebars and stem would no 
> longer be able to steer the bike. Also, if you the lifted the bike, the 
> fork might drop out of the frame. Never seen it happen, but those are the 
> dangers.
>
> Laing
> Delray Beach, FL
>
>
> On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 1:11:39 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding 
> Ding! wrote:
>
>> It’s the stem chronicles, with Leah Peterson. Are you sick of it? I’m 
>> sick of it. 
>>
>> There is nothing wrong with my new Clem L.; it’s turning out to be a real 
>> joy that has made me very happy.  I’ve settled in on it, save for one small 
>> thing. I want the bars just a hair higher and closer. I had them at max 
>> height, and today I upped them a bit more. See photo. The stem is a Nitto 
>> 50 mm and 225 high. I have Bosco bars. 
>>
>> What I want to know is, what horrors might befall me for disobeying the 
>> max height line? 
>>
>> If I don’t have to swap out the stem that would be awesome. I’m tired of 
>> that game, and if you would just tell me everything will be fine with my 
>> current adjustment that would be fantastic. This is what I’m hoping for, 
>> folks, but give it to me straight. And can I raise it a smidge more? 😬 
>>
>> I like ‘em close and I like ‘em high, 
>> Leah
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

So with all the standing I do (because I (erroneously?) believe it gives me an 
upper body workout as I pull on the bars up giant hills, this is a risky thing, 
huh? 

What does a person do if she wants higher bars? Or should I just try to adapt 
to what I have? 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:21 AM, lconley  wrote:
> 
> 
> The fork steerer tube is weakest at the threads, When you go above the 
> minimum insertion line of the stem, you run the risk of the expander at the 
> bottom of the stem putting pressure on the weaker threaded part of the stem 
> instead of the stronger smooth part of the stem. The steerer tube could then 
> break at the threaded section and the handlebars and stem would no longer be 
> able to steer the bike. Also, if you the lifted the bike, the fork might drop 
> out of the frame. Never seen it happen, but those are the dangers.
> 
> Laing
> Delray Beach, FL
> 
> 
>> On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 1:11:39 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> It’s the stem chronicles, with Leah Peterson. Are you sick of it? I’m sick 
>> of it. 
>> 
>> There is nothing wrong with my new Clem L.; it’s turning out to be a real 
>> joy that has made me very happy.  I’ve settled in on it, save for one small 
>> thing. I want the bars just a hair higher and closer. I had them at max 
>> height, and today I upped them a bit more. See photo. The stem is a Nitto 50 
>> mm and 225 high. I have Bosco bars. 
>> 
>> What I want to know is, what horrors might befall me for disobeying the max 
>> height line? 
>> 
>> If I don’t have to swap out the stem that would be awesome. I’m tired of 
>> that game, and if you would just tell me everything will be fine with my 
>> current adjustment that would be fantastic. This is what I’m hoping for, 
>> folks, but give it to me straight. And can I raise it a smidge more? 😬 
>> 
>> I like ‘em close and I like ‘em high, 
>> Leah
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Re: [RBW] Re: The Stem Chronicles: Will this get me injured?

[Leah Peterson]

I say...

“You better share your recipe. You owe me, kid.”

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:36 AM, Garth  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I'll put it this way, E calls you on the phone and says :  "I'm going to 
> alter your sourdough recipe, just a smidge , and it will still taste even 
> better, trust me".  
> 
> You say ...  ? 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
>> On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 1:11:39 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
>> wrote:
>> It’s the stem chronicles, with Leah Peterson. Are you sick of it? I’m sick 
>> of it. 
>> 
>> There is nothing wrong with my new Clem L.; it’s turning out to be a real 
>> joy that has made me very happy.  I’ve settled in on it, save for one small 
>> thing. I want the bars just a hair higher and closer. I had them at max 
>> height, and today I upped them a bit more. See photo. The stem is a Nitto 50 
>> mm and 225 high. I have Bosco bars. 
>> 
>> What I want to know is, what horrors might befall me for disobeying the max 
>> height line? 
>> 
>> If I don’t have to swap out the stem that would be awesome. I’m tired of 
>> that game, and if you would just tell me everything will be fine with my 
>> current adjustment that would be fantastic. This is what I’m hoping for, 
>> folks, but give it to me straight. And can I raise it a smidge more? 😬 
>> 
>> I like ‘em close and I like ‘em high, 
>> Leah
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