Handlebar height

Dirk1978

Is it posible to adjust the height of your handlebars?

Garz

Well depends on what you have firstly. :?:

Scrumple

meh?

it depends on how much tube you have left above the forks... and if it has been cut.

Spacers lift them, but if you have no spare tube above the bars you are p0retty much stuffed.

See my pic of the Sabbath, and it is raised on spacers so could be lowered.

Conversely, my Wilier bars are as low as they can go and the spacers are above the bars - I havn't cut the steerer above them because I MAY raise them in future.

the stem can only go up or down if there are spacers to move.

dmch2

Or you can get an angled stem which will also raise the bars. Or lower them if fitted the other way up.

softlad

in other words......yes.......or no.........

unfortunately, a vague question usually gets a vague answer....

Scrumple

yeah - stems have different angles....

basic trigonometry

keef66

Dirk might be lucky and have a quill stem!

topdude

You need to post a photo of your current setup otherwise we are all just guessing :?

Dirk1978

Thanks guys. It is a Boardman Team Carbon and has the head set and stem it comes with. If this doesn't help, will get some photos put on.

Cheers

Ben6899

Any spacers above the stem?

The stem's 6 degree drop/rise I think so you could flip it for a small gain.

Dirk1978

Sorry a really basic question, what are spacers?

Ben6899

The pieces between the frame/headset base and the stem - might be three of em about 10mm each?

Wheelspinner

May I respectfully suggest that if you are unclear what headset spacers actually are, then you should probably refrain from disassembling your steering bits and putting it back together.

By all accounts, a Boardman Team Carbon is quite a nice bike, and it would be a shame to f**k it up because you put it back together wrongly, and crashed it as a result.

Go to your LBS and get them to do it. Watch and learn if you can while they do. It will cost you 10 or 20 pounds, but that's a lot cheaper than the cost of the proper torque wrench you need to do the job yourself. And before anybody here jumps up and down saying you don't need a torque wrench to do it, I know that. But, the OP here comes across as something of a novice in the art of bicycle maintenance and componentry, which means he is probably not sure what 5 Nm feels like with an Allen key.

Just my 2 cents...

Pokerface

Wheelspinner speaks the truth.

I learned how to dismantle and rebuild a bike by hanging out at my LBS. Now I do it all myself.

Ben6899

No they're fair comments, Wheelspinner.

Dirk1978

Thanks for all the responses, am getting a maintenance course from my LBS as a Christmas present, so come the new year I should know what I am doing and talking about!

Jonny Fortnight

Dirk1978 wrote:

Thanks for all the responses, am getting a maintenance course from my LBS as a Christmas present, so come the new year I should know what I am doing and talking about!

That's a fantastic idea. I might try that myself, as I'm useless when it comes to looking after my bike.

Pokerface

A bike is really a remarkably simple thing to maintain. It looks complicated - but once you know the basics - you can do most things yourself.