Hello,
at first i although thought, its "just a fatter spacer", but then i realized, that its not that simple. its based on a clever construction/idea.
this video declares the system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PwHYtDtw0
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Hello,
For sure many end up on ridiculously small frames. Ryder Hesjedal was on a 56cm Cervelo or Cannondale and he is quite tall at 1.90m. He used a long -17 stem, I guess he had some good flexibility too but his bike ended up looking really awful. Also Phillipe Gilbert on BMC rode a 50cm (!) frame, at 1.79m according to Procyclingstats. Interestingly when Gilbert went to Quickstep and got on a Specialized his fit was changed quite a bit. His bar position came up and he was riding a bigger frame overall. He was in a much more conservative position on the hoods than before. And his results improved.AJS914 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:22 pmI think most Pros have downsized by at least one frame size if not two. They are running a deeper drop than the old days. To get that deeper drop they need less stack which means a smaller frame. The smaller frame comes with less reach so they make it up with a longer stem hence the propensity to see 13, 14, and the occasional 15cm stem in the peloton.
I just noticed ur thread.. Beside just the look with more spacers with is not so aesthetic, can u feel any flex while sprinting, or on fast downhill with cross winds, or any flex situation because of 30mm spacers u have?hannawald wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:41 pmThose of you who need to have more stem spacers under the stem, are there any tips how to make it look better?
How many is too much? (From my observation around 2,5cm of spacers is max to look good)
Do you prefer less spacers and stem to positive?
Do you prefer conical spacers?
Do you rotate bars upwards?
(Don´t say to buy endurance or custom geometry bikes:)
This needs to be taken into account. I've always felt that the shorter the steerer, the better the bike handles. Especially in tight downhill switchbacks. I test ride a lot of bikes of vastly different front end set-ups, and the bikes that have a stack of spacers handle poorly imo.3Pio wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:48 pmI just noticed ur thread.. Beside just the look with more spacers with is not so aesthetic, can u feel any flex while sprinting, or on fast downhill with cross winds, or any flex situation because of 30mm spacers u have?hannawald wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:41 pmThose of you who need to have more stem spacers under the stem, are there any tips how to make it look better?
How many is too much? (From my observation around 2,5cm of spacers is max to look good)
Do you prefer less spacers and stem to positive?
Do you prefer conical spacers?
Do you rotate bars upwards?
(Don´t say to buy endurance or custom geometry bikes:)
Or its just pure aesthetic here? BTW, dont look that bad
Why would you put a -17 stem on with a bunch of spacers? This is counterintuitive. A -6 or -7 stem with less spacers will be similar in aero benefits, look better (subjective of course), and be slightly lighter.RocketRacing wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:58 pmGood call on the top cap transitioning to spacer being key for a nice appearance. Black on black never hurts either.
My plan was to drop a bit farther, i am sure i could easily slam it, but right now i have two nice carbon spacers so i am in no rush. Plus, by bending my elbows on the drops, i am plenty low. This is a 90mm -17 stem. Frame is a size small.
Also note how i have my hoods dipped pretty far forward. I am decreasing the surface area that the wind sees as much as possible.