I've never heard of any sort of rules related to offset vs stem length, but I did hear one bike mechanic say your stength should match your offset. Anyone know anything about that and the reasons for it?
define significantly shorter.I've definitely found that having the stem significantly shorter than the fork offset feels weird/bad. I don't think I'd say they have to match exactly.
this is what i'm running now. i was previously running a 35mm stem and a 41mm offset fork, so not a huge difference.Worst case was 35 length/44 offset IIRC.
Yeah pretty much. My bikes are 40/37 and 44/45 right now. I wish that 45mm offset was a little shorter, but it's not bad.Equal or slightly greater. I bought a 35mm stem or two and they feel like shit.
I wouldn't worry about 1mm less.
That's probably why stems have gotten progressively shorter over the last 30 years. Less stability. It's what we're all after.If longer stems are stabilizing, perhaps they should be used with more offset/less trail to counteract the light wandering feeling?
If shorter stems are less stabilizing, perhaps they can be used with less offset/more trail.