How to Change a Bike's Handlebar Stem

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If you're taller or shorter than normal, or intend to use your bike for a slightly different purpose than what the manufacturer equipped it for, you'll find that you might want to change the handlebar stem on your bike. This is a hundred and ten millimeter long stem, or eleven centimeter long stem, depending on how you look at things. It's a fairly standard length for a general use bike. It's about the length that would normally come equipped on this bike. I've put a shorter stem on this bike for more direct steering input, and especially to change my center of gravity when I'm riding it. The biggest reason that we'll change stem from a longer stem to a shorter stem is to make it ride differently. A longer stem puts more weight over the front end of the bike, which makes it a little bit easier to lower your center of gravity and change how you're cornering, and stuff like that. And the shorter stem, allows you to loft the front wheel easier over obstacles and have a little bit more leverage over the front wheel instead of the front wheel having more leverage over you.

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