stem/bars to low,help!!

The specialized one

Hi all,i`m new to this site.Can any body give me any tips for raising the handle bar height on a specialed hard rock? i`m not sure what to do,but looking at the bars,there is a few spacers under the stem and it looks like its at it max height already.It looks like the steer tube could do with being longer,then i could pack more spacers under it.I mentioned this to a bloke at a local bike shop,but he said it cant be done,and sold me a part which goes inside the steer tube,then tightens up whith an allen key.(it looks to me like a thing for converting from the cheap type of stem which fastens in the tube with a wedge)But it wont go in the bloody tube because there is a nut in there which the bolt and washer on top of the stem screws into.
Hope somebody can understand all this waffle and give me some advice :?
Regards,Steve
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... &x=21&y=17
See item at top of list

diy

change the stem for one with a steeper angle, add bars with more pitch (riser bars), add bar ends to give a riser grip. or an adjustable stem

e.g

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=39260

but you cant add spacers if the steerer tube is not long enough - you'd need new forks

take back the part you bought, you'd have to remove the star nut, to fit it. all you really need is to rise the pitch of the stem.. Firstly try adjusting the bars, bar ends etc. stance etc. if you are new to mtbing it might just be a case of getting used to it.

Personally I'd start with some decent gloves and bar ends.

The Northern Monkey

How much more height do you think you need?

The specialized one

bigbenj_08 wrote:

How much more height do you think you need?

i`m quite tall,so i1ve got my seat raised about 6 inches.I could do with lifting stem around 2 inches.The steeper stem and riser bars seems a good idea.I will look into that.
Thanks for the replies

nicklouse

but if you need that much your bike should be bigger.

that is a tourer!

and there is no need for the hard to read colours and text.

supersonic

What is highest, the bar or the rider? He must have smoked some funny stuff before he decided to do that!

nicklouse

note the adjustable stem so he can lower it

.blitz

bigbenj_08 wrote:

How much more height do you think you need?

lol