Feel to over stretched
joepineapples
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Hi all
I got a large specialized camber comp. It comes with a 105 mm stem on it and I feel that I am to stretched out on it my arm are always locked out and when I do bend them I find I have to much weight over the front. I cannot get a lot of weight over the back wheel.
Im the right height for the frame size I think I just have short arms.
My problem is with the price of stems what length should I get? I dont want to spend what ever and find out that is too short or long and have to buy another?
Cheers Gav
I got a large specialized camber comp. It comes with a 105 mm stem on it and I feel that I am to stretched out on it my arm are always locked out and when I do bend them I find I have to much weight over the front. I cannot get a lot of weight over the back wheel.
Im the right height for the frame size I think I just have short arms.
My problem is with the price of stems what length should I get? I dont want to spend what ever and find out that is too short or long and have to buy another?
Cheers Gav
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Either look on ebay and buy a selection of cheap ones if you can find them or maybe have a look at these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=48&p=609&
Pretty cheap and, in my opinion, good quality stem. Although I seem to remember they were much cheaper when I bought mine.
You can always buy a more expensive on once you get the size you want right.0 -
Gav 50mm is to short for you, your also looks like it has a 10% rise, so go with a 70mm 10% rise unless you want a lower front end then go 0%, I noticed on Sunday your seat could move back a little if needed so with a 70mm your not going to short, look on www.superstartcomponents.co.uk.
Once you get the stem you should also be able to pop the front wheel up easier.0 -
how tall are you ive just bought a spech camber medium i tryed the large and found it the same im 5' 11" and the medium is much better for mefalling off doesn't hurt....its the landing that hurts
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try moving your seat forward before you change your stem
changing the stem can have a massive impact on how the bike handles. Move the stem too far back and you will unweight the front wheel too much.
speaking from experience, i put a 70mm stem on my FSR, believing the dogma about short stem/long bars being "better", but whilst the steering was faster, the bike handled badly in corners cause i had shifted the weight distribution too much
personally i would look at the length of stem on the next size down, which i think would be 90mm ?
buy a cheap Spesh stem off eBay (£10 at most) to test and once you are decided on length, then buy something decent0 -
1mancity2 wrote:Gav 50mm is to short for you, your also looks like it has a 10% rise, so go with a 70mm 10% rise unless you want a lower front end then go 0%, I noticed on Sunday your seat could move back a little if needed so with a 70mm your not going to short, look on www.superstartcomponents.co.uk.
Once you get the stem you should also be able to pop the front wheel up easier.
yo ali, what MM u recon mine is? lol. u seen how short mine is lol. (no pun intended)I'm a Nazi Zombie! And You Cant Kill Me!
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how tall are you ive just bought a spech camber medium i tryed the large and found it the same im 5' 11" and the medium is much better for me
Im 6 foot.0 -
i have no idea how long yours is Matt I think I will try a 70 mm and see how I get on0
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Centre to centreNicolai CC0
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kinmofo wrote:how do i measure? from where to where?
Centre of bars to centre of steerer, think yours is a direct mount or 50mm can't remember it, but its short!0 -
1mancity2 wrote:kinmofo wrote:how do i measure? from where to where?
Centre of bars to centre of steerer, think yours is a direct mount or 50mm can't remember it, but its short!
it is short! lol maybe i should swap with gav? :P i think u may be right with 50mm lolI'm a Nazi Zombie! And You Cant Kill Me!
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