Low rise bars, more spacers, longer stem vs. high rise bars, fewer spacers, shorter stem?

I've wondered about this as well

I have been playing with this a lot lately. I have a disproportionately short torso, and years of setting my bike up the same as everyone else isn’t working. High bars, short stem and minimal spacers seems to be the path I’m headed down. The main difference in feel is that even when set at the same height reach by using the tall bars and short stem, the steering is more responsive or twitchy with the short stem. So if you prefer the slower steering of a longer stem, go the lower bars with more spacers. 

Do these cranks pedal differently than standard cranks?

Stem length changes steering characteristics regardless of the bar being in the same point in space relative to the front wheel. 

As always, the easiest way to comprehend this is to take an extreme example, so get a 120mm old road stem, with some massively swept bars so the grips are still in the same position from your previous setup. 

The super long stem creates a huge amount of stability but less turn in, good news, your bike is now awesome for riding around with no hands, bad news, it feels like turning a bus wheel in a hairpin. To turn the front wheel your hands now move MUCH further away from the steering axis. 

I agree with this guy, it makes no difference in steering feel as long as the grips end up in the same location, except for one wrinkle: steerer tubes flex, and the more spacers you add, the more steerer tube flex you get. Handlebars flex and stems flex (to a much smaller degree), but part of the reason dual crowns feel sick is because they're so stiff, both above and below the crown race. For most riders, steerer tube flex won't be a big deal, but for bigger, heavier, or faster riders it will be noticeable in back to back testing. All else being equal, you'd be better off with fewer spacers.

Anyone remember these?

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