Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and advice. I reckon I'll try the bike with the stem and then look into finding something cheaper and steel on here if it works.
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Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and advice. I reckon I'll try the bike with the stem and then look into finding something cheaper and steel on here if it works.