Actually the stem, much to everyone disappointment, is designed to drop like that (note the clamp area).
But why have a drop stem and loads of spacers, when could have used a 90 degree stem and no spacers to get same bar height. That many spacers don't look that great IMO. (Still much nicer than my bike though!)
I can see they have gone for a quill sort of look while maintaining advantages of ahead (lack of flexing all over the place)
But why have a drop stem and loads of spacers, when could have used a 90 degree stem and no spacers to get same bar height. That many spacers don't look that great IMO. (Still much nicer than my bike though!)
I can see they have gone for a quill sort of look while maintaining advantages of ahead (lack of flexing all over the place)