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Tried the 70mm Technomic - bars are now level with the seatpost. There's still about 4cm until the max. insertion line... these stems are ridiculously tall.
This morning I wrapped the bars in some old tape and took it out for a little 5 mile spin. Far, far more comfortable. I was worried that the short stem would make the bike twitchy, but it hasn't - with the 100mm stem my hands naturally fell just behind the hoods, but with this stem it feels totally natural to be on the hoods/in the drops - so the overall distance from the steering axis to my hands remains unchanged. I'll take it out on a longer test tomorrow.
In an ideal world I could do with a shorter TT, but this bike is a 64x58 and I don't think I could find a shorter TT without going down a frame size, which would consequently lower the bars. A custom frame is too much money at the moment (although a professional bike fitting isn't).
Looks a bit weird though; it has a whiff of Sheldon about it... or perhaps a stayer bike. I think I will paint the stem black - black stem/silver seatpost is pretty classic on 80s bikes.
edit - how long before this appears in anti?