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Looking for suggestions: recently bought myself a lovely Santa Cruz Chameleon in med with 27.5 inch wheels and 140mm fox 34s instead of the usual 120mm. Bike came with a 60mm stem and a 72cm bar. I'm about 5.9 and a half. The med fits fine, although I definitely feel I could tweak the fit. It feels slightly short and twitchy at the front end so am looking at either a slightly longer stem, or wider bars. I also want to counteract the slacker angle from the longer fork so it isn't harder uphill etc. I'm tempted to try 29 at some point, until I do I'm wondering about increasing tyre size. ATM I've got some nice maxxis 2.3inch skinwalls on, tempted to try bigger possibly plus. Any advice on any of this? Are plus size tyres good? Looking to make the bike a bit less twitchy, and faster