drops to flats - longer quill stem or stem adapter ?

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bigbloke
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drops to flats - longer quill stem or stem adapter ?

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Hi All

Doing up an old frame for my teenage daughter.

She's adamant she wants flats but the frame was designed / dimensioned for drops

She wants to sit more upright which makes me think about a taller quill stem (head tube is 22.2mm so no availability issues)

The alternative is a stem adapter and adjustable stem bracket but im concerned that this approach will give height with
additional forwards placement which Im trying to avoid

Equally I dont want it to look silly with yards of stem above the headset - you know teenagers and style.

What does the panel think please ? and why is your suggestion the right one ? :-)

MTIA

regards

BB
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Re: drops to flats - longer quill stem or stem adapter ?

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just to close the thread ....

We went for a quil stem with an adjuster that gave height without additional reach

this kind of thing;

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Daughter seems fine on it

regards

BB
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