andrew549 wrote:I would imagine that fitting such a short stem is going to seriously effect the handling of the bike, personally I would fit around a 80-90mm stem and use shorter reach bars to move the hoods closer whilst keeping the tops in the same place. Currently I'm running these http://www.pro-bikegear.com/en-gb/catal ... -handlebar as they have a short reach but allow me to still use a reasonable length stem. Although it depends what the reach and drop of the bars you are currently using is as to how much change you can make.
I've heard that a shorter stem does make the ride twitchier Andrew, but I have to bring the brakes back someshow. Those bars of yours look ideal, maybe combined with a medium stem it'll reduce the reach enough. I'll have to measure up the existing bars and familiarise myself with what the different curves are called and how they're measured, then I can look at what can be done.