Lowering the stem and adjusting the bars.

[cyberknight]

Agreed, and I would assume that on a road bike the swapping of one spacer at a time would create less of a change than flipping the stem..?

BB

Depends on stem angle i suppose , it could also be a pet hate of mine seeing a stem pointing skywards with a stack of spacers on top.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Agreed, and I would assume that on a road bike the swapping of one spacer at a time would create less of a change than flipping the stem..?

BB

Reading the op's post it sounds like they have just angled the handlebars up not flipped them, so angle them down a bit then see how it goes, if necessary start taking the spacers out one at a time till comfortable, then adjust other stuff as necessary, its likely that if you change one thing on the setup you will upset something else and want to change that.

 

[TheJDog]

You are contradicting yourself.

If you find the bars too high, you should find it easy to go on the drops, not difficult.

Not if they're also pointed up...

 

[TheJDog]

Depends on stem angle i suppose , it could also be a pet hate of mine seeing a stem pointing skywards with a stack of spacers on top.

This is more rigid for the same bar height than stuffing the spacers under and having the stem pointed down.

 

[vickster]

Photo of bike needed