Go 1x. Might make things a bit easier without having to use that ridiculously sized blip box.
Yeah absolutely, if I was doing it I would do it proper. ARC 54t 1x as you say would cut down on needless **** on the bike/in the frame.
I am having a mare all round. WattShop got the 40 degree high rise in so I ordered with them and cancelled with Tweeks. They are in the post now.
Trying to find a stem I can use on this Cube Aerium is a situation I should not be struggling with, but I am! Cube emailed me back saying they don't make alternative stems at all and to consult a bike fitter.... so the manufacturer of my bike can't even tell me what stem may fit their bike and to ask some independent person. Just stupid.
I have posted a thread on TT forum about it but basically I need a stem that is very small behind the steerer clamp where the bolts are because there is very little space there between steerer and the top tube of the frame.
Pro Missile Evo may work but can only see 85mm.
Zipp SL sprint and speed may work but they actually look too beefy perhaps.
PlanetX don't appear to sell the Selcof one any more that may have worked.
And anyway, they are all insanely expensive for a bloody stem so I am worried of taking the punt on a silly priced stem and it being no good and having to start all over again. Easier getting a new bike!!