mrlobber wrote:
DaveQB wrote:
Also, I couldn't see any info on the stem angle. It looks -17 from the photos. Correct?
Thanks.
Why would you need to know that? Tririg's site has bike model specific fit guide, which should be enough for assessing if you fit on your bar + bike combination.
Ok I will give the long, background story.
I recently stripped a bolt on my felt basebase clamps. I was getting that fixed, but remembered I had a Profile Design setup. So I dusted them off. Quite like the clamp part design (pun not intended). I found it lowered the aerobar about 8-12mm when compared to the Felt setup. So I needed to buy spaces for that. Looking at the spacers, I figured it I am going to buy spacers, I might as well make the switch from a -6 stem to a -17 stem as well as I have been planning to do that one day. But in doing this, I thought I shouldn't go to -17 if the Alpha One is a -6 setup (higher bullhorns) as I will just come back up again in the near (I hope) future after getting used to a lower bullhorn placement.
Does that make sense?
PS I figured the Alpha One was a -17, so I went ahead with the change, buying a $44 -17 stem to test it out. Love it! Having the bullhorns that little bit lower means my hands press down on the grips rather than sliding forward trying to slip off the front. Much more comfortable when noodling around with friends.