Floyd's stem

[Cary Ford]

Does Floyd ride his stem "flipped Fred?" (i.e. angled up instead of down?)

In fact, it looks like a few of the Phonak guys have their stems 'upside down' on their BMC's.

How do they get away with this?

Doesn't the UCI have any rules in place concerning aesthetics?

[rePhil]

It's the new right side up and Yours is upside down.

[Grant McLean]

Non-compact frame riders have a real fashion dilemma!

Run too little post, and you're not cool, ride a bike that's too small,
and you have to raise the bars.

http://www.tdwsport.com/imagedesk/pic.php?dir=20061709&file=20061709-68321.jpg&thumb=0

Floyd's bike looked better last year, but I don't think his position is all that
different, it just looks like his headtube is a little shorter now, thus the flipped
stem, no spacers.

g

[palincss]

Doesn't the UCI have any rules in place concerning aesthetics?

ATMO it's an oxymoron to use the word aesthetics when speaking of something as astonishingly ugly as that.

[swoop]

cary.. please see my call to all stem police in an earlier post. you can't just read the posts that you fancy.. you must read them all.. otherwise people in china die.
i roll like that.

if your conscience can handle that.. fine.

[Rapid Tourist]

I'm with Palincss, they don't make 'em uglier than that. Gads.

[victoryfactory]

That stem isn't flipped, I don't think it's even 90 degrees (to the head tube)
VF