Hi Will, Among other things, stem length changes weight distribution. This can change the handling of a bike.
Dirt drop stems (at least the ones sold by Riv) are not very short: 8cm or 10cm. They do go up high. I'd recommend trying to raise the bars a few cms and see how that goes. shoji On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:16:17 PM UTC-5, Will wrote: > > I'm not sure how shorter stems hamper handling. I've used long stems on > smaller frames and shorter stems on larger frames, both worked fine. > > Steering a bike, as we all know, works mostly by rotating the front wheel > a couple of inches and leaning a bit. It's hard to see how a 7cm vs 5cm > stem changes that level of rotation or weight balance. Riv frames have long > top tubes. GP suggests using dirt drop stems for long tube mitigation. > > > > On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 12:17:07 AM UTC-6, Donald Funke wrote: >> >> Great ideas from all! I will be doing a pro fitting later this spring. >> Maybe I'm just being fussy. I look at what other have done brevets on and I >> guess I can give it a go with just about any bike. I'll try the brake hood >> adjustment. The tape is getting dirty anyway. Going with a shorter stem >> hampers the handling a bit. For the fenders: I got tired of futzing with my >> honjos, trying to make them fit over the 38mm tires. I don't like the look >> of the SKS fender mounts so I used honjo fender mounts on sks longboards. >> I drilled out the sks mounting brackets leaving the rivets. Now no rattle >> and they protect as well as the honjos. I admit they still don't look as >> cool as the honjos. >> >> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:04:57 PM UTC-7, Donald Funke wrote: >>> >>> I have a 63cm Homer that I enjoy riding for many different surfaces. I >>> have been getting into doing Brevets and considering swapping for a 60cm >>> Rambouillet. The 60cm would fit a bit better and it looks like the geometry >>> is a bit more roady. I like the ability to ride 38s with fenders, but it >>> does at times feel a bit "bulky". Any thoughts? They are both in excellent >>> condition BTW. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
