Are +/- zero degree stems uncool on road bikes?

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+6* stem and a 20mm stack on a 58cm frame.... Super uncool, but so are my back issues :( could have gone a 61cm frame but 0 availability and being comfortable on a 58cm SL4 with -6* and no stack before my issuses began meant a 58 was a suitable fit.

Moral of the story is comfort should always trump vanity.....
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ProfessorChaos wrote:If you need a zero degree, maybe you need a larger frame? Most frames these days have taller head tubes anyway. I have the opposite problem. I could probably fit a 56 well, but most head tubes these days are too tall for me so I have to run a 120mm -17deg stem, and a lot of exposed seatpost.


Thanks Professor - good advice - I do tend towards the largest frame these days for exactly this reason. In this instance I am reviving my original road bike so working with an existing frame.
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boots2000 wrote:Depends on the bike- But I think a zero rise is 10X cooler than a pile of spacers or a sore back.

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I say it is cooler to have like 2-2.5 cm spacers, 100-110 mm +/- 6d stem and more seat post showing than fewer spacers, a shorter stem, and a nubby little seat post showing.

Nubby seat posts, more spacers and colorful bar tape that doesn't match the saddle are allowable on cyclocross bikes, though.
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Wingnut wrote:I have no choice atm but to use this stem to get my position...I don't like it but it works for me...

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A -17 with one spacer less would give you the same position.

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by Wingnut

Any suggestions?

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Wingnut wrote:I have no choice atm but to use this stem to get my position...I don't like it but it works for me...

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The best thing about this picture IMO is the pump :thumbup:

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Wingnut wrote:Any suggestions?

For a 17 degree stem? Lots of choice if you're willing to consider non-Deda: 3T, Zipp, Ritchey, Thomson...

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Not at all a problem granted your head tube is at 90°.

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Normally I'd say the 0* is terrible but the bulkiness of the EC90 kind of hides the true angle
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by dunbar42

I don't know *why* you'd run a 0 degree stem though. 6 degree stems are much more common and flipped down with 1cm of extra spacer under it probably gets you the same position.

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#slamthatstem yada yada cool kids.
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English Cycles has done a lot of bikes with 0 degree stems. Just make sure your top tube is steep enough to match the angle of your stem.

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