On the contrary, trialtech stems are awesome. Had no problems with mine. I love it. I think if you has the stem slammed to the headset then it would be too low, however a 10-15mm stacker(s) underneath would solve that problem. It also depends on your bar choice / position. If you have monty bars they have a large rise, although trialtech bars has a low rise. SO consider that as well Use stackers and the TT stem will be fine, if you slam it, i imagine it would be a little low