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Thanks :) Tbh, I initially hated the bulky look of the stem and used an ITM millenium stem instead. But after a while I came to appreciate the time stem from an engineering pov: it has a large and evenly distributed clamping area without any sharp edges and its pretty light. It also makes the bike feel more comfy than the itm stem from what I can tell + it matches the rest of the bike. Still need to tweak the reach a little by either bringing the hoods up a little more or getting some slightly shorter reach bars. What is probably even more important is getting used to a road bike position again after riding almost exclusively with upright 26ers for the last 12 months...
Banger!
Those stems are horrible but I understand it’s necessary